TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 216979 [ 2024TNSTR2251....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-07-05 08:30:12
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

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

IAU Designation: AT 2024nwh
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24djb
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:00:30.916 (255.128817) DEC = -10:28:27.16 (-10.474211)
Discovery date: 2024-07-01 00:54:59.616 (JD=2460492.538192)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-07-01 00:54:59.616
Flux: 19.36 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-2
Telescope: GOTO-North

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-06-26 23:17:22
Limiting flux: 19.7 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-2
Telescope: GOTO-North


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