TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 231039 [ 2024TNSTR4220....1O ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-30 19:14:27
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 2024ztu
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24hvi
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:19:58.958 (154.995657) DEC = -83:14:20.13 (-83.238926)
Discovery date: 2024-10-30 17:43:03.072 (JD=2460614.23823)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-10-30 17:43:03.072
Flux: 19.3 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-10-26 15:07:00
Limiting flux: 18.8 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/2024ztu