TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 229843 [ 2024TNSTR4102....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-22 09:27:47
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 2024yrx
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24hgs
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 18:51:53.759 (282.973997) DEC = +51:52:41.84 (51.87829)
Discovery date: 2024-10-21 20:47:17.088 (JD=2460605.366172)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-10-21 20:47:17.088
Flux: 18.25 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-1
Telescope: GOTO-North

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-10-08 21:34:15
Limiting flux: 19.7 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-1
Telescope: GOTO-North


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2024yrx