TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 236847 [ 2024TNSTR5028....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-12-23 15:23:50
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 2024aerb
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24jhu
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:34:13.681 (158.557004) DEC = -36:47:22.47 (-36.789575)
Discovery date: 2024-12-23 14:27:35.136 (JD=2460668.102486)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-12-23 14:27:35.136
Flux: 19.99 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-12-21 14:33:40
Limiting flux: 19.3 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/2024aerb