TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 203217 [ 2024TNSTR.536....1G ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-02-26 20:12:49
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

B. Gompertz, R. Starling, M. Kennedy, 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 2024dgu
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24tz
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 08:33:26.671 (128.361128) DEC = +27:04:32.71 (27.075753)
Discovery date: 2024-02-25 21:45:50.976 (JD=2460366.406844)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-02-25 21:45:50.976
Flux: 17.12 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-2
Telescope: GOTO-North

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-02-24 22:05:37
Limiting flux: 18.7 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/2024dgu