Discovery certificate for object 2024aaus
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 232140 [ 2024TNSTR4398....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-11-09 21:06:46
Sender: GOTO (GOTO_bot)
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

T. Killestein, L. Kelsey, E. Wickens, 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, A. Kumar, D. O'Neill, on behalf of GOTO collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2024aaus
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24icw
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 19:41:10.714 (295.294641) DEC = +67:41:23.33 (67.689814)
Discovery date: 2024-11-03 20:48:31.392 (JD=2460618.367029)


Remarks: This transient was discovered with the assistance of the GOTO Kilonova Seekers Citizen Scientists on Zooniverse. The candidate was flagged by volunteers: Virgilio Gonano, Íris Eduarda Forcel Roncada, Cledison Marcos da Silva, Ciro Sirio Perrella, M.T. Mazzucato

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-11-03 20:48:31.392
Flux: 17.92 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-1
Telescope: GOTO-North

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-11-01 20:39:15
Limiting flux: 18.8 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/2024aaus