TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 227849 [ 2024TNSTR3875....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-06 11:11:12
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 2024xki
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24gvi
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 21:33:29.761 (323.374003) DEC = -61:42:54.99 (-61.715275)
Discovery date: 2024-10-06 10:01:43.104 (JD=2460589.917863)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-10-06 10:01:43.104
Flux: 19.45 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-10-03 09:03:52
Limiting flux: 19.9 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/2024xki