TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 224897 [ 2024TNSTR3357....1O ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-09-07 17:12:10
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

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 2024uwu
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24fsj
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:06:23.034 (1.595976) DEC = -34:39:04.57 (-34.651269)
Discovery date: 2024-09-01 11:24:53.568 (JD=2460554.975625)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-09-01 11:24:53.568
Flux: 20.09 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-08-30 13:43:12
Limiting flux: 20 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/2024uwu