TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 227418 [ 2024TNSTR3825....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-02 14:16:17
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

G. Ramsay, D. O'Neill, 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 2024xbs
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24gnl
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 04:33:37.835 (68.407646) DEC = -29:33:12.97 (-29.553602)
Discovery date: 2024-10-01 14:11:16.224 (JD=2460585.091159)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-10-01 14:11:16.224
Flux: 19.46 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-09-24 04:34:55
Limiting flux: 19.4 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/2024xbs