TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 222855 [ 2024TNSTR3110....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-08-27 17:37:48
Date made public:
Sender: 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 2024syy
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24ezc
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 05:11:32.362 (77.884843) DEC = -18:01:51.83 (-18.031064)
Discovery date: 2024-08-27 17:01:01.056 (JD=2460550.209045)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-08-27 17:01:01.056
Flux: 18.51 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-08-21 17:41:38
Limiting flux: 17.5 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South


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