Discovery certificate for object 2024aarf
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 232022 [ 2024TNSTR4383....1O ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-11-08 11:13:04
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 2024aarf
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24ici
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 22:37:01.070 (339.254457) DEC = -30:20:47.53 (-30.346536)
Discovery date: 2024-11-08 09:42:33.120 (JD=2460622.904554)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-11-08 09:42:33.120
Flux: 19.33 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-11-02 12:22:41
Limiting flux: 19.9 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/2024aarf