TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 228760 [ 2024TNSTR3939....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-10 18:42:08
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

A. Kumar, 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, D. O'Neill, on behalf of GOTO collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2024xtm
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24hae
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:07:53.617 (136.973406) DEC = -23:47:10.14 (-23.786149)
Discovery date: 2024-10-10 17:27:56.736 (JD=2460594.227745)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-10-10 17:27:56.736
Flux: 18.78 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-10-07 17:36:40
Limiting flux: 19.5 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/2024xtm