TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 229865 [ 2024TNSTR4104....1O ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-22 14:30:03
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

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

IAU Designation: AT 2024ysq
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24hds
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:47:49.972 (26.958216) DEC = -79:06:22.50 (-79.106251)
Discovery date: 2024-10-20 11:28:47.712 (JD=2460603.978328)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-10-20 11:28:47.712
Flux: 19.36 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-10-17 10:24:04
Limiting flux: 18.1 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/2024ysq