TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 226311 [ 2024TNSTR3660....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-09-23 17:46:43
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

A. Kumar, 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, on behalf of GOTO collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2024wbg
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24gfa
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 03:22:08.964 (50.537349) DEC = -40:48:01.29 (-40.800359)
Discovery date: 2024-09-21 12:32:58.560 (JD=2460575.022903)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-09-21 12:32:58.560
Flux: 18.58 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-09-19 12:37:01
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/2024wbg