TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 226102 [ 2024TNSTR3644....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-09-22 14:28:06
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

A. Kumar, G. Ramsay, K. Ackley, M. Dyer, F. Jiménez-Ibarra, J. Lyman, K. Ulaczyk, D. Steeghs, D. Galloway, V. Dhillon, P. O'Brien, 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 2024vvy
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24gds
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 21:56:28.156 (329.117316) DEC = -02:33:16.34 (-2.55454)
Discovery date: 2024-09-18 12:14:21.408 (JD=2460572.009971)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-09-18 12:14:21.408
Flux: 18.47 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-09-14 11:04:28
Limiting flux: 18.6 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/2024vvy