TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 227419 [ 2024TNSTR3825....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-02 14:18:43
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 2024xbt
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24gnh
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 05:10:34.068 (77.641948) DEC = -26:42:09.93 (-26.702758)
Discovery date: 2024-10-01 14:45:59.328 (JD=2460585.115274)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-10-01 14:45:59.328
Flux: 19.36 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-09-27 04:59:54
Limiting flux: 19.4 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-2
Telescope: GOTO-North


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2024xbt