TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 228838 [ 2024TNSTR3962....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-12 06:59:50
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 2024xvi
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24hau
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 08:36:39.058 (129.162742) DEC = +06:09:18.61 (6.15517)
Discovery date: 2024-10-12 05:35:22.560 (JD=2460595.732904)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-10-12 05:35:22.560
Flux: 16.81 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-2
Telescope: GOTO-North

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-10-10 05:07:22
Limiting flux: 19.4 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-1
Telescope: GOTO-North


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