TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 230127 [ 2024TNSTR4119....1O ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-23 16:19:53
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 2024yys
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24hct
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 18:45:12.581 (281.302421) DEC = -44:08:53.92 (-44.148311)
Discovery date: 2024-10-20 09:48:10.944 (JD=2460603.908465)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-10-20 09:48:10.944
Flux: 19.11 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-10-13 10:46:09
Limiting flux: 18.2 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/2024yys