TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 223753 [ 2024TNSTR3176....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-08-30 05:34:20
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 2024txf
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24faf
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 06:36:54.589 (99.227456) DEC = -48:35:21.98 (-48.589438)
Discovery date: 2024-08-27 18:26:47.904 (JD=2460550.268612)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-08-27 18:26:47.904
Flux: 19.08 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-08-21 18:09:24
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/2024txf