TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 209986 [ 2024TNSTR1457....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-05-10 07:42:09
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 2024imn
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24bkb
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 12:14:01.674 (183.506973) DEC = -13:13:01.64 (-13.217123)
Discovery date: 2024-05-08 08:57:14.112 (JD=2460438.873077)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-05-08 08:57:14.112
Flux: 19.91 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-04-28 11:34:13
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/2024imn