TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 229672 [ 2024TNSTR4072....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-20 12:03:24
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

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

IAU Designation: AT 2024ynt
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24hbx
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 20:21:09.704 (305.290433) DEC = -52:45:13.02 (-52.753617)
Discovery date: 2024-10-20 09:38:46.752 (JD=2460603.901929)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-10-20 09:38:46.752
Flux: 19.07 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-10-05 11:32:49
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/2024ynt