TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 231059 [ 2024TNSTR4216....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-30 22:14:36
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 2024zuj
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24hup
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:47:48.752 (26.953132) DEC = -44:12:31.14 (-44.208651)
Discovery date: 2024-10-28 10:53:01.536 (JD=2460611.953491)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-10-28 10:53:01.536
Flux: 20.19 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-10-26 12:06:13
Limiting flux: 19.3 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/2024zuj