TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 229892 [ 2024TNSTR4105....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-22 19:40:46
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

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

IAU Designation: AT 2024ysy
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24hjy
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:26:24.863 (156.603596) DEC = -41:47:08.88 (-41.785801)
Discovery date: 2024-10-22 17:33:27.648 (JD=2460606.231565)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-10-22 17:33:27.648
Flux: 16.66 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-10-10 18:20:48
Limiting flux: 19.4 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/2024ysy