TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 227792 [ 2024TNSTR3867....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-05 14:26:19
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

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

IAU Designation: AT 2024xjf
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24gue
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 22:33:27.695 (338.365397) DEC = -66:08:39.39 (-66.144275)
Discovery date: 2024-10-03 10:56:01.248 (JD=2460586.955568)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-10-03 10:56:01.248
Flux: 19.57 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-09-23 10:58:30
Limiting flux: 19.5 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/2024xjf