TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 227343 [ 2024TNSTR3806....1G ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-01 16:28:48
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 2024xab
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24gmi
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 21:20:33.326 (320.138859) DEC = -60:35:08.93 (-60.585815)
Discovery date: 2024-10-01 10:16:07.968 (JD=2460584.927866)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-10-01 10:16:07.968
Flux: 18.68 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-09-22 11:14:55
Limiting flux: 20 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/2024xab