TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 221465 [ 2024TNSTR2855....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-08-10 20:14:22
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

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

IAU Designation: AT 2024rui
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24erp
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 06:43:55.403 (100.980845) DEC = -29:45:45.60 (-29.762666)
Discovery date: 2024-08-07 19:32:45.024 (JD=2460530.314406)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-08-07 19:32:45.024
Flux: 19.83 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-03-26 09:02:56
Limiting flux: 20.2 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/2024rui