TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 225991 [ 2024TNSTR3616....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-09-20 16:01:14
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

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

IAU Designation: AT 2024vtp
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24gas
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 07:46:21.354 (116.588974) DEC = +05:44:46.51 (5.746254)
Discovery date: 2024-09-20 05:10:29.568 (JD=2460573.715621)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-09-20 05:10:29.568
Flux: 16.77 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-2
Telescope: GOTO-North

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-09-18 05:18:50
Limiting flux: 18.7 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-1
Telescope: GOTO-North


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