TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 236582 [ 2024TNSTR4999....1O ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-12-21 11:44:35
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 2024aelx
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24jfa
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 04:52:54.159 (73.225661) DEC = +22:15:30.30 (22.258418)
Discovery date: 2024-12-21 02:09:40.320 (JD=2460665.590047)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-12-21 02:09:40.320
Flux: 18.07 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-1
Telescope: GOTO-North

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-12-20 22:44:15
Limiting flux: 18.6 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-1
Telescope: GOTO-North


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2024aelx