TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 227947 [ 2024TNSTR3889....1O ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-07 11:22:15
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 2024xmm
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24gwv
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:23:19.347 (350.830612) DEC = -15:33:22.43 (-15.556231)
Discovery date: 2024-10-06 12:54:14.688 (JD=2460590.037674)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-10-06 12:54:14.688
Flux: 19.47 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-10-01 01:01:09
Limiting flux: 19.9 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/2024xmm