TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 222287 [ 2024TNSTR3009....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-08-19 14:26:24
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

T. Killestein, D. O'Neill, M. Kennedy, L. Kelsey, 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, A. Kumar, on behalf of GOTO collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2024sla
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24eum
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:16:41.789 (19.174121) DEC = -33:20:23.11 (-33.339752)
Discovery date: 2024-08-07 15:13:27.840 (JD=2460530.134348)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-08-07 15:13:27.840
Flux: 18.71 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-08-02 14:39:20
Limiting flux: 19.1 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/2024sla