TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 219371 [ 2024TNSTR2562....1L ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-07-24 12:32:23
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

J. Lyman, K. Ackley, M. Dyer, F. Jiménez-Ibarra, 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 2024pzu
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24dsu
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:27:34.733 (246.89472) DEC = -49:18:55.40 (-49.31539)
Discovery date: 2024-07-24 10:30:53.568 (JD=2460515.938116)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-07-24 10:30:53.568
Flux: 17.97 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-07-20 10:30:14
Limiting flux: 16.5 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South


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