TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 236978 [ 2024TNSTR5048....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-12-24 11:46:05
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

G. Ramsay, D. O'Neill, 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 2024aeuz
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24jif
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:04:46.707 (346.194612) DEC = -34:56:11.12 (-34.936422)
Discovery date: 2024-12-24 10:38:07.296 (JD=2460668.943139)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-12-24 10:38:07.296
Flux: 19.61 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-12-20 11:11:59
Limiting flux: 20 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/2024aeuz