TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 227336 [ 2024TNSTR3809....1U ]
Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-01 13:06:13
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO Discovery Data Source: GOTO
K. Ulaczyk, L. Kelsey, T. Killestein, E. Wickens, K. Ackley, M. Dyer, F. Jiménez-Ibarra, J. Lyman, D. Steeghs, D. Galloway, V. Dhillon, P. O'Brien, G. Ramsay, K. Noysena, R. Kotak, R. Breton, L. Nuttall, E. Pallé, D. Pollacco, A. Kumar, D. O'Neill, on behalf of GOTO collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.
IAU Designation: AT 2024wzu
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24glu
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 08:26:52.164 (126.71735) DEC = +02:44:08.79 (2.735774)
Discovery date: 2024-09-23 06:00:16.416 (JD=2460576.75019)
Remarks: This transient was discovered with the assistance of the GOTO Kilonova Seekers Citizen Scientists on Zooniverse. The candidate was flagged by volunteers: Virgilio Gonano, Ciro Sirio Perrella, M.T. Mazzucato, Svetoslav Alexandrov, Antonio Pasqua.
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-09-23 06:00:16.416
Flux: 17.91 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-2
Telescope: GOTO-North
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-03-18 20:48:01
Limiting flux: 19.8 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/2024wzu
Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-01 13:06:13
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO Discovery Data Source: GOTO
K. Ulaczyk, L. Kelsey, T. Killestein, E. Wickens, K. Ackley, M. Dyer, F. Jiménez-Ibarra, J. Lyman, D. Steeghs, D. Galloway, V. Dhillon, P. O'Brien, G. Ramsay, K. Noysena, R. Kotak, R. Breton, L. Nuttall, E. Pallé, D. Pollacco, A. Kumar, D. O'Neill, on behalf of GOTO collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.
IAU Designation: AT 2024wzu
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24glu
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 08:26:52.164 (126.71735) DEC = +02:44:08.79 (2.735774)
Discovery date: 2024-09-23 06:00:16.416 (JD=2460576.75019)
Remarks: This transient was discovered with the assistance of the GOTO Kilonova Seekers Citizen Scientists on Zooniverse. The candidate was flagged by volunteers: Virgilio Gonano, Ciro Sirio Perrella, M.T. Mazzucato, Svetoslav Alexandrov, Antonio Pasqua.
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-09-23 06:00:16.416
Flux: 17.91 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-2
Telescope: GOTO-North
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-03-18 20:48:01
Limiting flux: 19.8 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/2024wzu