TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 212926 [ 2024TNSTR1881....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-06-11 09:35:26
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

A. Kumar, D. O'Neill, 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, on behalf of GOTO collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2024kyg
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24cnw
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 18:31:49.595 (277.956646) DEC = -42:20:58.29 (-42.349524)
Discovery date: 2024-05-29 13:52:09.696 (JD=2460460.077886)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-05-29 13:52:09.696
Flux: 19.3 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-05-28 17:09:48
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/2024kyg