TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 216430 [ 2024TNSTR2184....1O ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-06-30 20:25:07
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

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

IAU Designation: AT 2024nif
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24dfy
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:35:17.478 (248.822823) DEC = +64:12:28.37 (64.207881)
Discovery date: 2024-06-14 23:20:21.408 (JD=2460476.472465)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-06-14 23:20:21.408
Flux: 19.43 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-1
Telescope: GOTO-North

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-06-11 23:55:29
Limiting flux: 20 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/2024nif