TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 229729 [ 2024TNSTR4086....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-21 04:56:01
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 2024ypj
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24hcn
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:29:26.954 (352.362308) DEC = -36:27:12.28 (-36.453412)
Discovery date: 2024-10-20 11:38:08.448 (JD=2460603.984816)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-10-20 11:38:08.448
Flux: 18.98 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-10-10 12:04:50
Limiting flux: 19.9 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/2024ypj