TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 209680 [ 2024TNSTR1428....1B ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-05-08 10:22:39
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

S. Belkin, 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 2024ihw
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24bes
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:19:09.536 (154.789735) DEC = -38:26:23.21 (-38.43978)
Discovery date: 2024-05-05 09:00:44.064 (JD=2460435.87551)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-05-05 09:00:44.064
Flux: 20.16 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-04-27 09:46:54
Limiting flux: 19.8 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/2024ihw