TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 231270 [ 2024TNSTR4257....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-11-01 11:46:52
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 2024zyk
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24hxi
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:23:22.680 (155.844499) DEC = +08:54:31.62 (8.908783)
Discovery date: 2024-10-23 05:32:58.272 (JD=2460606.731229)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-10-23 05:32:58.272
Flux: 18.74 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-1
Telescope: GOTO-North

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-10-20 05:46:16
Limiting flux: 18.6 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-2
Telescope: GOTO-North


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