TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 229690 [ 2024TNSTR4069....1K ]
Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-20 17:07:19
Date made public:
Sender: 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 2024yoj
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24hcm
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:09:51.299 (2.463747) DEC = -41:55:12.50 (-41.92014)
Discovery date: 2024-10-20 11:43:50.592 (JD=2460603.988782)
Remarks: This transient was discovered with the assistance of the GOTO Kilonova Seekers Citizen Scientists on Zooniverse. The candidate was flagged by volunteers: Jose Alberto da Silva Campos, Antonio Pasqua, A. G. Bull, Cledison Marcos da Silva, Svetoslav Alexandrov
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-10-20 11:43:50.592
Flux: 19.53 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-10-10 12:18:31
Limiting flux: 19.8 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/2024yoj
Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-20 17:07:19
Date made public:
Sender: 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 2024yoj
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24hcm
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:09:51.299 (2.463747) DEC = -41:55:12.50 (-41.92014)
Discovery date: 2024-10-20 11:43:50.592 (JD=2460603.988782)
Remarks: This transient was discovered with the assistance of the GOTO Kilonova Seekers Citizen Scientists on Zooniverse. The candidate was flagged by volunteers: Jose Alberto da Silva Campos, Antonio Pasqua, A. G. Bull, Cledison Marcos da Silva, Svetoslav Alexandrov
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-10-20 11:43:50.592
Flux: 19.53 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-10-10 12:18:31
Limiting flux: 19.8 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/2024yoj