TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 238214 [ 2024TNSTR5154....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-12-30 12:53:16
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 2024afyn
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24jrd
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:15:34.585 (228.894104) DEC = +31:27:59.92 (31.466645)
Discovery date: 2024-12-30 06:22:15.744 (JD=2460674.765463)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-12-30 06:22:15.744
Flux: 19.66 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-2
Telescope: GOTO-North

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-12-28 06:42:00
Limiting flux: 18.4 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/2024afyn