TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 237787 [ 2024TNSTR5130....1O ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-12-29 12:41:59
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

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

IAU Designation: AT 2024afng
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24jpc
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 04:44:34.595 (71.144147) DEC = -29:21:18.35 (-29.355096)
Discovery date: 2024-12-20 12:27:32.832 (JD=2460665.01913)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-12-20 12:27:32.832
Flux: 19.93 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-12-18 23:50:50
Limiting flux: 19 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/2024afng