TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 232338 [ 2024TNSTR4462....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-11-12 10:35:06
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

G. Ramsay, D. O'Neill, K. Ackley, M. Dyer, F. Jiménez-Ibarra, J. Lyman, K. Ulaczyk, D. Steeghs, D. Galloway, V. Dhillon, P. O'Brien, 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 2024aayq
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24ibw
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:24:09.045 (36.037687) DEC = -16:26:36.47 (-16.443465)
Discovery date: 2024-10-25 13:43:18.336 (JD=2460609.071742)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-10-25 13:43:18.336
Flux: 19.77 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-10-24 01:34:15
Limiting flux: 19.4 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-1
Telescope: GOTO-North


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