TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 210446 [ 2024TNSTR1527....1B ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-05-15 13:41:49
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 2024ixa
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24bph
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 22:43:13.320 (340.805502) DEC = -00:08:17.37 (-0.138158)
Discovery date: 2024-05-14 18:11:26.016 (JD=2460445.257939)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-05-14 18:11:26.016
Flux: 19.58 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2023-12-29 19:55:48
Limiting flux: 19.3 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/2024ixa