TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 238160 [ 2024TNSTR5126....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-12-29 22:52:48
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 2024afxo
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24jqf
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:53:27.120 (358.363002) DEC = -11:48:39.59 (-11.810998)
Discovery date: 2024-12-29 21:11:21.696 (JD=2460674.382891)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-12-29 21:11:21.696
Flux: 18.82 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-1
Telescope: GOTO-North

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-11-26 12:05:40
Limiting flux: 20.1 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/2024afxo