TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 225299 [ 2024TNSTR3429....1G ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-09-11 18:01:47
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

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

IAU Designation: AT 2024vfp
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24fvl
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:36:23.445 (24.097688) DEC = -00:12:17.86 (-0.204962)
Discovery date: 2024-09-10 13:26:31.776 (JD=2460564.060085)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-09-10 13:26:31.776
Flux: 19.23 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-09-07 01:52:59
Limiting flux: 19.4 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-2
Telescope: GOTO-North


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