TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 221452 [ 2024TNSTR2856....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-08-10 18:04:33
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

G. Ramsay, K. Ackley, M. Dyer, F. Jiménez-Ibarra, J. Lyman, K. Ulaczyk, D. Steeghs, D. Galloway, V. Dhillon, P. O'Brien, 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 2024ruc
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24erm
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:18:08.902 (34.537093) DEC = -27:52:58.38 (-27.882883)
Discovery date: 2024-08-06 15:31:59.808 (JD=2460529.147225)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-08-06 15:31:59.808
Flux: 18.43 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-07-31 15:55:42
Limiting flux: 20.1 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/2024ruc