TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 231018 [ 2024TNSTR4218....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-30 13:15:49
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

A. Kumar, 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, D. O'Neill, on behalf of GOTO collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2024ztj
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24huv
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:22:25.818 (5.607575) DEC = -39:13:55.11 (-39.231976)
Discovery date: 2024-10-24 13:03:03.456 (JD=2460608.043788)


Remarks: Latest L-band mag is 18.74 +- 0.06 at 2460614.03508.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-10-24 13:03:03.456
Flux: 20.59 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-10-20 11:53:00
Limiting flux: 20.2 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/2024ztj