TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 225155 [ 2024TNSTR3395....1B ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-09-09 12:54:25
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

S. Belkin, 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, A. Kumar, D. O'Neill, on behalf of GOTO collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2024vct
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24ful
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:45:58.834 (26.495143) DEC = -63:42:25.62 (-63.707117)
Discovery date: 2024-09-07 13:16:26.976 (JD=2460561.053092)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-09-07 13:16:26.976
Flux: 19.36 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-09-02 13:31:26
Limiting flux: 20.2 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South


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