TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 227951 [ 2024TNSTR3888....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-07 14:29:54
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

A. Kumar, G. Ramsay, K. Ackley, M. Dyer, F. Jiménez-Ibarra, J. Lyman, K. Ulaczyk, D. Steeghs, D. Galloway, V. Dhillon, P. O'Brien, K. Noysena, R. Kotak, R. Breton, L. Nuttall, E. Pallé, D. Pollacco, T. Killestein, D. O'Neill, on behalf of GOTO collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2024xmp
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24gxc
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:18:03.595 (19.514981) DEC = -36:30:15.68 (-36.504356)
Discovery date: 2024-10-07 13:09:41.760 (JD=2460591.048401)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-10-07 13:09:41.760
Flux: 19.89 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-10-05 14:22:10
Limiting flux: 20.2 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/2024xmp