TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 228779 [ 2024TNSTR3953....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-11 07:30:34
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 2024xtz
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24had
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:04:51.380 (136.214084) DEC = -12:19:08.06 (-12.318906)
Discovery date: 2024-10-06 18:05:40.416 (JD=2460590.253944)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-10-06 18:05:40.416
Flux: 19.07 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-06-26 08:40:47
Limiting flux: 19.7 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South


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