TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 230727 [ 2024TNSTR4173....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-27 15:25:22
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 2024zon
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24hnh
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 22:55:02.190 (343.759124) DEC = -31:40:09.00 (-31.669168)
Discovery date: 2024-10-21 11:54:48.096 (JD=2460604.996389)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-10-21 11:54:48.096
Flux: 19.58 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-10-20 10:16:31
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/2024zon