TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 205211 [ 2024TNSTR.676....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-03-13 12:39:44
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

G. Ramsay, 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, D. O'Neill, on behalf of GOTO collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2024eft
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24yl
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:38:38.864 (159.661935) DEC = -41:56:30.21 (-41.941726)
Discovery date: 2024-03-03 13:21:33.696 (JD=2460373.056642)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-03-03 13:21:33.696
Flux: 19.32 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-02-02 17:23:52
Limiting flux: 19.7 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South


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