TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 225577 [ 2024TNSTR3525....1G ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-09-16 10:59:13
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

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

IAU Designation: AT 2024vlp
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24fzn
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:43:39.229 (235.913454) DEC = -07:45:53.22 (-7.764782)
Discovery date: 2024-09-16 09:06:47.808 (JD=2460569.879723)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-09-16 09:06:47.808
Flux: 17.8 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-09-15 20:11:08
Limiting flux: 17.2 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/2024vlp