Discovery certificate for object 2024aara
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 232017 [ 2024TNSTR4383....1O ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-11-08 10:19:09
Sender: GOTO (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 2024aara
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24icd
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:04:52.194 (346.217477) DEC = -31:13:17.36 (-31.22149)
Discovery date: 2024-11-02 12:22:40.800 (JD=2460617.01575)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-11-02 12:22:40.800
Flux: 20.04 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-10-30 14:02:39
Limiting flux: 20 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/2024aara