TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 226043 [ 2024TNSTR3631....1U ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-09-21 22:43:49
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

K. Ulaczyk, D. O'Neill, K. Ackley, M. Dyer, F. Jiménez-Ibarra, J. Lyman, 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 2024vut
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24gct
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:50:06.536 (252.527235) DEC = +39:07:18.76 (39.121879)
Discovery date: 2024-09-17 21:15:14.976 (JD=2460571.385595)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-09-17 21:15:14.976
Flux: 19.03 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-1
Telescope: GOTO-North

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-09-14 21:31:36
Limiting flux: 19.3 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-2
Telescope: GOTO-North


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2024vut