TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 233273 [ 2024TNSTR4603....1O ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-11-23 08:43:22
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

D. O'Neill, G. Ramsay, 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 2024abwd
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24iir
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:59:18.532 (14.827217) DEC = -53:22:42.56 (-53.37849)
Discovery date: 2024-11-22 10:51:58.464 (JD=2460636.952759)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-11-22 10:51:58.464
Flux: 18.83 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-11-13 14:40:30
Limiting flux: 18.2 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/2024abwd