TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 232357 [ 2024TNSTR4459....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-11-12 19:09:45
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 2024aayz
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24ifa
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 04:05:32.939 (61.387244) DEC = -79:31:39.75 (-79.527709)
Discovery date: 2024-11-10 09:53:46.176 (JD=2460624.912338)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-11-10 09:53:46.176
Flux: 18.55 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-11-05 11:46:55
Limiting flux: 19.5 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/2024aayz