TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 229754 [ 2024TNSTR4086....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-21 07:36:21
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 2024ypw
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24hbz
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 21:49:40.492 (327.418718) DEC = -35:43:19.48 (-35.722079)
Discovery date: 2024-10-20 09:25:09.408 (JD=2460603.892472)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-10-20 09:25:09.408
Flux: 19.78 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-10-10 10:11:19
Limiting flux: 19.8 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/2024ypw