TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 220808 [ 2024TNSTR2753....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-08-04 12:18:28
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

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

IAU Designation: AT 2024rfb
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24eiu
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 03:42:36.651 (55.652713) DEC = -11:51:17.84 (-11.854955)
Discovery date: 2024-07-30 18:29:20.832 (JD=2460522.270383)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-07-30 18:29:20.832
Flux: 19.76 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-01-03 11:20:36
Limiting flux: 20.8 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/2024rfb