TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 229525 [ 2024TNSTR4059....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-19 07:35:55
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 2024ykg
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24hbo
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 22:59:32.056 (344.883567) DEC = +21:38:19.87 (21.638854)
Discovery date: 2024-10-18 21:57:10.080 (JD=2460602.414703)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-10-18 21:57:10.080
Flux: 19.15 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-1
Telescope: GOTO-North

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-10-11 12:07:14
Limiting flux: 18.4 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South


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