TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 210817 [ 2024TNSTR1627....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-05-23 14:22:48
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

T. Killestein, 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, A. Kumar, D. O'Neill, on behalf of GOTO collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2024jft
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24cbm
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:59:31.321 (149.880504) DEC = -31:23:31.96 (-31.392212)
Discovery date: 2024-05-23 08:10:28.704 (JD=2460453.840613)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-05-23 08:10:28.704
Flux: 19.23 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-05-22 08:10:56
Limiting flux: 19.9 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/2024jft