TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 229728 [ 2024TNSTR4088....1O ]
Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-21 04:42:25
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 2024ypi
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24hdd
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:38:58.781 (144.744922) DEC = -23:43:30.27 (-23.725076)
Discovery date: 2024-10-10 18:01:55.776 (JD=2460594.25134)
Remarks: This transient was discovered with the assistance of the GOTO Kilonova Seekers Citizen Scientists on Zooniverse. The candidate was flagged by volunteers: Ciro Sirio Perrella, A. G. Bull, Henryk Krawczyk, M.T. Mazzucato, Cledison Marcos da Silva
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-10-10 18:01:55.776
Flux: 19.64 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-10-06 18:14:53
Limiting flux: 19.4 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/2024ypi
Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-21 04:42:25
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 2024ypi
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24hdd
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:38:58.781 (144.744922) DEC = -23:43:30.27 (-23.725076)
Discovery date: 2024-10-10 18:01:55.776 (JD=2460594.25134)
Remarks: This transient was discovered with the assistance of the GOTO Kilonova Seekers Citizen Scientists on Zooniverse. The candidate was flagged by volunteers: Ciro Sirio Perrella, A. G. Bull, Henryk Krawczyk, M.T. Mazzucato, Cledison Marcos da Silva
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-10-10 18:01:55.776
Flux: 19.64 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-10-06 18:14:53
Limiting flux: 19.4 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/2024ypi