TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 208008 [ 2024TNSTR1135....1W ]
Date Received (UTC): 2024-04-19 09:59:05
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO Discovery Data Source: GOTO
K. Wiersema, J. Lyman, T. Killestein, L. Kelsey, E. Wickens, K. Ackley, M. Dyer, F. Jiménez-Ibarra, 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, A. Kumar, D. O'Neill, on behalf of GOTO collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.
IAU Designation: AT 2024gvk
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24akm
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:45:37.443 (176.406012) DEC = -31:40:55.66 (-31.682128)
Discovery date: 2024-04-14 11:10:02.784 (JD=2460414.965305)
Remarks: This transient was discovered with the assistance of the GOTO Kilonova Seekers Citizen Scientists on Zooniverse. The candidate was flagged by volunteers: Sebastián Alejandro Freigeiro, Virgilio Gonano, Antonio Pasqua, Jose Alberto da Silva Campos, Davide Iannone
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-04-14 11:10:02.784
Flux: 19.26 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-04-01 13:09:48
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/2024gvk
Date Received (UTC): 2024-04-19 09:59:05
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO Discovery Data Source: GOTO
K. Wiersema, J. Lyman, T. Killestein, L. Kelsey, E. Wickens, K. Ackley, M. Dyer, F. Jiménez-Ibarra, 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, A. Kumar, D. O'Neill, on behalf of GOTO collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.
IAU Designation: AT 2024gvk
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24akm
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:45:37.443 (176.406012) DEC = -31:40:55.66 (-31.682128)
Discovery date: 2024-04-14 11:10:02.784 (JD=2460414.965305)
Remarks: This transient was discovered with the assistance of the GOTO Kilonova Seekers Citizen Scientists on Zooniverse. The candidate was flagged by volunteers: Sebastián Alejandro Freigeiro, Virgilio Gonano, Antonio Pasqua, Jose Alberto da Silva Campos, Davide Iannone
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-04-14 11:10:02.784
Flux: 19.26 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-04-01 13:09:48
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/2024gvk