TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 227626 [ 2024TNSTR3844....1O ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-03 16:32:11
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 2024xfo
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24gqr
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 04:19:58.425 (64.993438) DEC = -77:19:00.82 (-77.316895)
Discovery date: 2024-10-01 14:01:14.016 (JD=2460585.084192)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-10-01 14:01:14.016
Flux: 19.73 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-09-21 14:42:19
Limiting flux: 19.4 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/2024xfo