TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 229668 [ 2024TNSTR4071....1O ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-20 11:53:22
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 2024ynq
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24hcd
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:29:54.257 (37.47607) DEC = -55:13:15.49 (-55.220969)
Discovery date: 2024-10-20 11:01:40.800 (JD=2460603.959503)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-10-20 11:01:40.800
Flux: 19.64 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-10-10 11:35:11
Limiting flux: 19.8 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/2024ynq