TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 227773 [ 2024TNSTR3866....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-05 10:35:44
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 2024xit
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24grc
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 05:47:26.878 (86.861993) DEC = -25:14:31.20 (-25.241999)
Discovery date: 2024-09-26 04:28:31.008 (JD=2460579.686472)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-09-26 04:28:31.008
Flux: 19.05 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-2
Telescope: GOTO-North

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-09-24 04:39:05
Limiting flux: 19 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/2024xit