TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 236331 [ 2024TNSTR4962....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-12-19 13:01:18
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 2024aegt
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24jcu
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 03:59:00.512 (59.752133) DEC = -59:37:20.34 (-59.622318)
Discovery date: 2024-12-11 12:01:31.584 (JD=2460656.00106)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-12-11 12:01:31.584
Flux: 19.48 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-11-13 12:15:55
Limiting flux: 19.3 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/2024aegt