TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 229743 [ 2024TNSTR4087....1O ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-21 06:58:04
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 2024yps
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24hcg
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:27:46.258 (6.942741) DEC = -69:26:32.29 (-69.442302)
Discovery date: 2024-10-20 10:44:11.904 (JD=2460603.947356)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-10-20 10:44:11.904
Flux: 19.44 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-10-10 10:54:07
Limiting flux: 19.4 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/2024yps