TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 233694 [ 2024TNSTR4642....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-11-26 10:06:40
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

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

IAU Designation: AT 2024acfd
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24inu
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:51:47.002 (162.94584) DEC = -31:39:03.05 (-31.650846)
Discovery date: 2024-11-25 16:50:09.600 (JD=2460640.201503)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-11-25 16:50:09.600
Flux: 19.41 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-11-23 16:29:13
Limiting flux: 18.8 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South


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