TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 225118 [ 2024TNSTR3388....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-09-09 08:31:32
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

A. Kumar, D. O'Neill, K. Ackley, M. Dyer, F. Jiménez-Ibarra, J. Lyman, K. Ulaczyk, D. Steeghs, D. Galloway, V. Dhillon, P. O'Brien, G. Ramsay, K. Noysena, R. Kotak, R. Breton, L. Nuttall, E. Pallé, D. Pollacco, T. Killestein, on behalf of GOTO collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2024vbp
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24ftw
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:57:00.930 (44.253875) DEC = +37:11:46.61 (37.19628)
Discovery date: 2024-09-09 02:28:29.568 (JD=2460562.603119)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-09-09 02:28:29.568
Flux: 19.9 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-1
Telescope: GOTO-North

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-09-06 02:41:00
Limiting flux: 19.6 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-1
Telescope: GOTO-North


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2024vbp