TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 225224 [ 2024TNSTR3422....1B ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-09-10 09:16:03
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

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

IAU Designation: AT 2024vdx
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24fui
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:03:56.401 (345.985005) DEC = -36:58:12.09 (-36.970026)
Discovery date: 2024-09-09 11:52:10.848 (JD=2460562.994575)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-09-09 11:52:10.848
Flux: 19.34 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-09-09 11:47:29
Limiting flux: 19.7 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South


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