TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 228842 [ 2024TNSTR3962....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-12 07:46:36
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 2024xvk
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24hay
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:47:35.286 (356.897026) DEC = +47:10:50.84 (47.180789)
Discovery date: 2024-10-07 00:20:39.840 (JD=2460590.514354)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-10-07 00:20:39.840
Flux: 19.3 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-2
Telescope: GOTO-North

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-10-02 01:31:42
Limiting flux: 19.1 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-2
Telescope: GOTO-North


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