TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 227881 [ 2024TNSTR3878....1O ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-06 13:24:20
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 2024xku
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24gut
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 08:50:25.621 (132.606753) DEC = -70:25:17.05 (-70.421404)
Discovery date: 2024-10-05 16:40:02.208 (JD=2460589.194465)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-10-05 16:40:02.208
Flux: 19.44 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-10-03 18:00:27
Limiting flux: 18.8 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/2024xku