TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 218576 [ 2024TNSTR2375....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-07-11 08:58:50
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

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

IAU Designation: AT 2024phf
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24dmh
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 03:15:22.619 (48.844245) DEC = +16:38:57.56 (16.649321)
Discovery date: 2024-07-11 04:52:03.648 (JD=2460502.702818)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-07-11 04:52:03.648
Flux: 18.48 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-2
Telescope: GOTO-North

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-01-23 20:34:43
Limiting flux: 19 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/2024phf