TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 226036 [ 2024TNSTR3628....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-09-21 16:26:05
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

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

IAU Designation: AT 2024vup
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24gca
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 18:24:54.914 (276.22881) DEC = -59:35:23.06 (-59.589739)
Discovery date: 2024-09-19 10:27:24.480 (JD=2460572.9357)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-09-19 10:27:24.480
Flux: 18.94 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-09-17 10:58:26
Limiting flux: 18.5 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/2024vup