TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 230966 [ 2024TNSTR4204....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-29 20:37:30
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 2024zsp
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24hcj
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:49:22.787 (27.344945) DEC = -57:41:39.57 (-57.694326)
Discovery date: 2024-10-20 10:39:12.096 (JD=2460603.943891)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-10-20 10:39:12.096
Flux: 20.12 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-10-10 10:58:41
Limiting flux: 19.5 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/2024zsp