TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 224461 [ 2024TNSTR3293....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-09-04 06:34:19
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

M. Kennedy, 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 2024unh
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24fmv
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 20:06:47.990 (301.699959) DEC = -44:05:05.70 (-44.084916)
Discovery date: 2024-08-28 10:42:35.136 (JD=2460550.946242)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-08-28 10:42:35.136
Flux: 20.1 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-08-22 13:09:28
Limiting flux: 17.8 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/2024unh