TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 224008 [ 2024TNSTR3224....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-09-01 08:10:16
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

A. Kumar, G. Ramsay, K. Ackley, M. Dyer, F. Jiménez-Ibarra, J. Lyman, K. Ulaczyk, D. Steeghs, D. Galloway, V. Dhillon, P. O'Brien, 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 2024ucp
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24fil
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 08:26:29.523 (126.623013) DEC = -58:48:50.58 (-58.81405)
Discovery date: 2024-08-31 19:13:07.392 (JD=2460554.300783)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-08-31 19:13:07.392
Flux: 19.72 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-08-29 19:20:58
Limiting flux: 19.3 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/2024ucp