TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 227880 [ 2024TNSTR3875....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-06 13:22:57
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 2024xkt
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24gvn
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:24:48.717 (21.202989) DEC = -22:20:29.93 (-22.341647)
Discovery date: 2024-10-06 11:35:38.976 (JD=2460589.983091)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-10-06 11:35:38.976
Flux: 19.65 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-10-05 00:00:54
Limiting flux: 19.5 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-1
Telescope: GOTO-North


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2024xkt