TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 227738 [ 2024TNSTR3866....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-05 08:03:35
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

A. Kumar, G. Ramsay, 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, D. O'Neill, on behalf of GOTO collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2024xid
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24gtf
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 22:42:49.754 (340.70731) DEC = +01:35:05.55 (1.584876)
Discovery date: 2024-09-30 23:44:20.832 (JD=2460584.48913)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-09-30 23:44:20.832
Flux: 19.76 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-1
Telescope: GOTO-North

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-09-27 22:43:12
Limiting flux: 19.6 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/2024xid