TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 236788 [ 2024TNSTR5014....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-12-22 22:51:05
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 2024aept
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24jgz
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:33:37.588 (218.406615) DEC = -38:49:23.58 (-38.823217)
Discovery date: 2024-12-20 17:34:45.408 (JD=2460665.232466)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-12-20 17:34:45.408
Flux: 18.21 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-09-21 09:04:22
Limiting flux: 19.6 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/2024aept