TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 226304 [ 2024TNSTR3661....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-09-23 16:48:55
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 2024wbb
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24geq
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 22:44:10.080 (341.042) DEC = -69:17:46.55 (-69.296265)
Discovery date: 2024-09-23 11:07:03.936 (JD=2460576.963241)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-09-23 11:07:03.936
Flux: 19.58 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-09-21 11:05:37
Limiting flux: 19 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South


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