TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 221550 [ 2024TNSTR2871....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-08-11 07:24:42
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

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

IAU Designation: AT 2024rxf
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24esb
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 05:43:51.518 (85.964657) DEC = +55:20:42.36 (55.345101)
Discovery date: 2024-08-11 04:55:37.056 (JD=2460533.70529)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-08-11 04:55:37.056
Flux: 18.85 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-1
Telescope: GOTO-North

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-08-03 05:27:06
Limiting flux: 19.1 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-1
Telescope: GOTO-North


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