TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 227420 [ 2024TNSTR3825....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-02 14:20:17
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 2024xbu
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24gnm
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 03:55:52.229 (58.967621) DEC = -71:53:01.66 (-71.883795)
Discovery date: 2024-10-01 13:52:54.624 (JD=2460585.078412)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-10-01 13:52:54.624
Flux: 19.57 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-09-23 13:13:51
Limiting flux: 19.7 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South


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