TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 236472 [ 2024TNSTR4983....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-12-20 12:32:25
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

A. Kumar, 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, D. O'Neill, on behalf of GOTO collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2024aejj
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24jeb
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:25:38.708 (6.411282) DEC = -32:16:13.23 (-32.270343)
Discovery date: 2024-12-12 11:10:05.376 (JD=2460656.965344)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-12-12 11:10:05.376
Flux: 19.45 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-11-25 10:51:10
Limiting flux: 20.2 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/2024aejj