TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 210561 [ 2024TNSTR1556....1L ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-05-17 14:29:42
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

J. Lyman, R. Kotak, K. Ackley, T. Killestein, M. Dyer, F. Jiménez-Ibarra, K. Ulaczyk, D. Steeghs, D. Galloway, V. Dhillon, P. O'Brien, G. Ramsay, K. Noysena, 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 2024jai
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24btj
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:49:25.031 (207.354296) DEC = -36:04:07.87 (-36.068853)
Discovery date: 2024-05-17 12:00:33.696 (JD=2460448.00039)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-05-17 12:00:33.696
Flux: 19.62 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-05-16 11:28:34
Limiting flux: 19.6 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/2024jai