TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 227618 [ 2024TNSTR3844....1O ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-03 16:22:43
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

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

IAU Designation: AT 2024xfh
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24gqs
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 05:24:04.754 (81.01981) DEC = -78:01:38.56 (-78.027378)
Discovery date: 2024-10-01 15:52:25.824 (JD=2460585.161413)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-10-01 15:52:25.824
Flux: 18.84 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-09-23 14:36:15
Limiting flux: 19.3 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/2024xfh