Discovery certificate for object 2024ztb

TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 231010 [ 2024TNSTR4216....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-30 10:50:15
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 2024ztb
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24hug
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 20:40:53.373 (310.222389) DEC = -39:32:29.41 (-39.541502)
Discovery date: 2024-10-30 10:11:07.296 (JD=2460613.924389)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-10-30 10:11:07.296
Flux: 18.87 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-10-05 11:24:44
Limiting flux: 20.1 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South


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