TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 227417 [ 2024TNSTR3824....1O ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-02 14:13:13
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

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

IAU Designation: AT 2024xbr
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24god
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 05:03:41.339 (75.922247) DEC = -27:14:50.54 (-27.247373)
Discovery date: 2024-10-01 14:45:59.328 (JD=2460585.115274)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-10-01 14:45:59.328
Flux: 19.93 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-09-27 04:59:54
Limiting flux: 19.1 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-2
Telescope: GOTO-North


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