TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 225756 [ 2024TNSTR3568....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-09-18 15:50:25
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

M. Kennedy, 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 2024vps
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24fzy
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:49:56.208 (222.484199) DEC = -33:38:58.42 (-33.649562)
Discovery date: 2024-09-13 08:54:32.544 (JD=2460566.871207)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-09-13 08:54:32.544
Flux: 18.64 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-09-04 09:40:16
Limiting flux: 18.9 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/2024vps