TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 226946 [ 2024TNSTR3730....1U ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-09-27 16:35:15
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 2024wsa
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24ghn
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 21:10:47.296 (317.697068) DEC = -25:41:03.39 (-25.684275)
Discovery date: 2024-09-26 23:14:02.976 (JD=2460580.46809)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-09-26 23:14:02.976
Flux: 19.73 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-1
Telescope: GOTO-North

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-09-23 13:22:58
Limiting flux: 19.6 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/2024wsa