TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 218495 [ 2024TNSTR2356....1U ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-07-10 10:50:03
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

K. Ulaczyk, J. Lyman, K. Ackley, M. Dyer, F. Jiménez-Ibarra, 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, D. O'Neill, on behalf of GOTO collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2024pfb
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24czt
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:28:57.493 (262.239553) DEC = -58:49:43.11 (-58.828642)
Discovery date: 2024-06-24 13:38:52.224 (JD=2460486.068659)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-06-24 13:38:52.224
Flux: 19.27 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-05-29 14:51:46
Limiting flux: 20.4 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/2024pfb