TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 226305 [ 2024TNSTR3663....1G ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-09-23 16:51:04
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

B. Godson, 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 2024wbc
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24geu
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 20:47:31.127 (311.879694) DEC = -51:11:49.71 (-51.197141)
Discovery date: 2024-09-23 10:44:17.088 (JD=2460576.94742)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-09-23 10:44:17.088
Flux: 16.97 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-09-21 10:33:19
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/2024wbc