TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 200330 [ 2024TNSTR.227....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-01-22 18:37:42
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

A. Kumar, B. Gompertz, 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, D. O'Neill, on behalf of GOTO collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2024apy
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24eu
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 06:12:12.912 (93.053798) DEC = -19:08:38.81 (-19.144114)
Discovery date: 2024-01-22 11:11:43.008 (JD=2460331.96647)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-01-22 11:11:43.008
Flux: 17.58 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-01-21 12:06:42
Limiting flux: 19.8 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/2024apy