TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 225609 [ 2024TNSTR3524....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-09-16 20:39:46
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

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 2024vmc
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24fzp
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:39:06.453 (249.776888) DEC = -31:29:30.21 (-31.491725)
Discovery date: 2024-09-13 09:39:57.600 (JD=2460566.902746)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-09-13 09:39:57.600
Flux: 18.67 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-09-02 11:30:17
Limiting flux: 19.9 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/2024vmc