TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 227357 [ 2024TNSTR3805....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-01 17:29:26
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 2024xai
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24gkw
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 03:10:32.884 (47.637017) DEC = -78:23:12.07 (-78.386686)
Discovery date: 2024-09-30 13:05:22.560 (JD=2460584.045402)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-09-30 13:05:22.560
Flux: 17.94 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-09-23 12:44:47
Limiting flux: 19.8 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/2024xai