TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 225636 [ 2024TNSTR3541....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-09-17 09:34:18
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 2024vmw
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24fzd
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 05:27:47.197 (81.946653) DEC = -58:49:11.15 (-58.819763)
Discovery date: 2024-09-10 15:48:21.312 (JD=2460564.158585)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-09-10 15:48:21.312
Flux: 18.71 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-09-02 16:09:30
Limiting flux: 19.3 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/2024vmw