TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 230043 [ 2024TNSTR4118....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-23 07:58:18
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 2024ywr
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24hah
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:27:52.691 (156.969547) DEC = -68:01:38.40 (-68.027332)
Discovery date: 2024-10-06 18:30:42.048 (JD=2460590.271323)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-10-06 18:30:42.048
Flux: 18.57 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-06-28 09:37:48
Limiting flux: 20.1 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/2024ywr