TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 227300 [ 2024TNSTR3783....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-09-30 18:18:17
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 2024wzi
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24gjy
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:57:14.555 (29.310647) DEC = -65:15:37.00 (-65.260278)
Discovery date: 2024-09-30 12:46:54.048 (JD=2460584.032568)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-09-30 12:46:54.048
Flux: 19.32 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-09-23 11:53:53
Limiting flux: 20.1 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/2024wzi