TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 226049 [ 2024TNSTR3646....1O ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-09-22 07:31:18
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

D. O'Neill, 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, on behalf of GOTO collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2024vux
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24gco
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:02:35.109 (135.646289) DEC = -33:45:30.63 (-33.758509)
Discovery date: 2024-09-21 18:45:48.384 (JD=2460575.281808)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-09-21 18:45:48.384
Flux: 19.04 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-09-19 18:50:57
Limiting flux: 18.6 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/2024vux