TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 230746 [ 2024TNSTR4173....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-27 20:37:58
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 2024zot
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24hof
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:21:00.488 (170.252032) DEC = -46:28:38.78 (-46.477439)
Discovery date: 2024-10-27 18:04:39.072 (JD=2460611.253228)


Remarks: This transient was discovered with the assistance of the GOTO Kilonova Seekers Citizen Scientists on Zooniverse. The candidate was flagged by volunteers: Mayahuel Torres Guerrero, Cledison Marcos da Silva, Svetoslav Alexandrov, Jose Alberto da Silva Campos, Henryk Krawczyk

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-10-27 18:04:39.072
Flux: 19.44 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-07-30 08:39:43
Limiting flux: 19.8 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South


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