TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 226104 [ 2024TNSTR3644....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-09-22 14:33:45
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 2024vwa
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24gdg
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 20:39:23.271 (309.846963) DEC = -42:26:06.72 (-42.435201)
Discovery date: 2024-09-20 10:38:08.160 (JD=2460573.943154)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-09-20 10:38:08.160
Flux: 19.53 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-09-18 09:59:34
Limiting flux: 18.9 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/2024vwa