TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 232453 [ 2024TNSTR4479....1O ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-11-13 16:11:56
Date made public:
Sender: 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 2024abay
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24ifq
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:52:19.474 (358.081143) DEC = -61:34:03.14 (-61.56754)
Discovery date: 2024-11-05 14:22:57.792 (JD=2460620.099279)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-11-05 14:22:57.792
Flux: 19.52 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-11-02 11:18:46
Limiting flux: 20.1 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/2024abay