TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 227539 [ 2024TNSTR3842....1G ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-03 12:55:31
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

B. Godson, D. O'Neill, K. Ackley, M. Dyer, F. Jiménez-Ibarra, J. Lyman, K. Ulaczyk, D. Steeghs, D. Galloway, V. Dhillon, P. O'Brien, G. Ramsay, 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 2024xef
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24gpm
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:14:09.018 (348.537576) DEC = -39:37:08.24 (-39.618955)
Discovery date: 2024-10-03 11:58:24.096 (JD=2460586.998885)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-10-03 11:58:24.096
Flux: 19.54 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-09-19 10:59:58
Limiting flux: 19 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/2024xef