TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 240708 [ 2025TNSTR..91....1O ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-01-07 10:25:28
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 2024agnj
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24jti
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 06:06:35.858 (91.649408) DEC = -19:30:02.14 (-19.500594)
Discovery date: 2024-12-11 15:55:34.176 (JD=2460656.163588)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-12-11 15:55:34.176
Flux: 20.21 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-12-08 04:00:56
Limiting flux: 18.1 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-2
Telescope: GOTO-North


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2024agnj