TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 231012 [ 2024TNSTR4224....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-30 11:00:23
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

T. Killestein, 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, A. Kumar, D. O'Neill, on behalf of GOTO collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2024ztd
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24hui
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 03:12:50.376 (48.2099) DEC = -39:43:18.02 (-39.721673)
Discovery date: 2024-10-22 10:53:48.192 (JD=2460605.954027)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-10-22 10:53:48.192
Flux: 19.32 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-10-20 11:19:42
Limiting flux: 19.8 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/2024ztd