TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 209501 [ 2024TNSTR1403....1B ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-05-06 09:57:10
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

S. Belkin, 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 2024ief
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24bel
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 20:12:09.069 (303.037788) DEC = -14:48:22.90 (-14.80636)
Discovery date: 2024-05-05 04:55:27.552 (JD=2460435.705185)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-05-05 04:55:27.552
Flux: 19.67 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-2
Telescope: GOTO-North

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-04-28 16:34:15
Limiting flux: 19.5 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/2024ief