TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 226037 [ 2024TNSTR3632....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-09-21 16:35:00
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 2024vuq
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24gbu
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:18:21.352 (19.588965) DEC = -39:11:45.81 (-39.196058)
Discovery date: 2024-09-09 11:29:30.048 (JD=2460562.978823)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-09-09 11:29:30.048
Flux: 19.54 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-09-07 12:16:39
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/2024vuq