TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 226013 [ 2024TNSTR3629....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-09-21 09:28:12
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 2024vtz
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24gbl
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:00:07.958 (210.033159) DEC = -41:03:50.28 (-41.063968)
Discovery date: 2024-09-17 09:14:06.720 (JD=2460570.884805)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-09-17 09:14:06.720
Flux: 18.29 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-09-13 08:54:39
Limiting flux: 18.6 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/2024vtz