TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 210743 [ 2024TNSTR1605....1M ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-05-21 12:44:31
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

S. Moran, D. Steeghs, K. Ackley, M. Dyer, F. Jiménez-Ibarra, J. Lyman, K. Ulaczyk, 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 2024jeu
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24bxh
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 19:40:26.970 (295.112374) DEC = +37:40:46.76 (37.679655)
Discovery date: 2024-05-20 02:10:03.648 (JD=2460450.590317)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-05-20 02:10:03.648
Flux: 18.6 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-1
Telescope: GOTO-North

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-05-19 02:30:49
Limiting flux: 19.4 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-1
Telescope: GOTO-North


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2024jeu