TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 222473 [ 2024TNSTR3053....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-08-23 17:14:01
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

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

IAU Designation: AT 2024sos
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24evd
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:38:12.084 (219.550351) DEC = -41:15:08.18 (-41.252272)
Discovery date: 2024-08-23 09:46:54.048 (JD=2460545.907568)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-08-23 09:46:54.048
Flux: 19.14 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-08-19 08:59:43
Limiting flux: 19.2 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/2024sos