Discovery certificate for object 2024yig
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 229449 [ 2024TNSTR4048....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-18 08:37:47
Sender: GOTO (GOTO_bot)
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

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

IAU Designation: AT 2024yig
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24hbe
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:03:02.177 (135.759072) DEC = +40:25:57.13 (40.432537)
Discovery date: 2024-10-10 05:02:38.688 (JD=2460593.71017)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-10-10 05:02:38.688
Flux: 19.19 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-1
Telescope: GOTO-North

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-10-06 04:27:16
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/2024yig