TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 227375 [ 2024TNSTR3826....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-02 06:12:47
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

G. Ramsay, K. Ulaczyk, K. Ackley, M. Dyer, F. Jiménez-Ibarra, J. Lyman, 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 2024xau
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24gog
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:39:12.774 (354.803227) DEC = -00:28:09.44 (-0.469288)
Discovery date: 2024-09-27 01:13:58.368 (JD=2460580.551373)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-09-27 01:13:58.368
Flux: 19.67 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-1
Telescope: GOTO-North

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-09-22 02:46:59
Limiting flux: 19.2 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/2024xau