Discovery certificate for object 2024yyr

TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 230126 [ 2024TNSTR4120....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-23 16:16:39
Sender: GOTO (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 2024yyr
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24hkd
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 21:13:20.246 (318.334359) DEC = +45:54:31.69 (45.908804)
Discovery date: 2024-10-18 23:28:30.432 (JD=2460602.478134)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-10-18 23:28:30.432
Flux: 17.72 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-1
Telescope: GOTO-North

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-10-13 22:29:05
Limiting flux: 18.6 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/2024yyr