TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 227787 [ 2024TNSTR3865....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-05 12:40:41
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 2024xjb
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24gty
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:20:13.845 (20.057687) DEC = -44:23:21.21 (-44.389224)
Discovery date: 2024-10-05 12:16:31.872 (JD=2460589.011479)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-10-05 12:16:31.872
Flux: 19.68 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-09-21 11:24:12
Limiting flux: 20 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/2024xjb