TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 229741 [ 2024TNSTR4087....1O ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-21 06:54:08
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

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

IAU Designation: AT 2024ypr
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24hcb
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 03:01:44.494 (45.43539) DEC = -46:41:10.06 (-46.686127)
Discovery date: 2024-10-20 11:10:42.528 (JD=2460603.96577)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-10-20 11:10:42.528
Flux: 19.59 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-10-10 11:44:05
Limiting flux: 19.9 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/2024ypr