TY - GEN
T1 - GOTO065054.49+593624.51:
T2 - Discovery of a bright optical galactic transient
AU - Killestein, T.
AU - Kelsey, L.
AU - Ramsay, G.
AU - Kennedy, M. R.
AU - Wickens, E.
AU - Ackley, K.
AU - Lyman, J.
AU - Ulaczyk, K.
AU - Jimenez-Ibarra, F.
AU - Steeghs, D.
AU - Galloway, D. K.
AU - Dhillon, V.
AU - Noysena, K.
AU - Kotak, R.
AU - Breton, R. P.
AU - Palle, E.
AU - Pollacco, D.
AU - Billington, Rosemary
AU - Gonano, Virgilio
AU - Alexandrov, Svetoslav
AU - Da Silva, Cledison Marcos
PY - 2024/10
Y1 - 2024/10
N2 - We report the discovery of a bright optical transient, GOTO065054.49+593624.51. During the routine all-sky survey of the Gravitational-wave Optical Transient Observer (GOTO; Steeghs et al. 2022, Dyer et al. 2024), we detected a new, extremely bright transient source in images (4x45s) taken Oct. 4 2024 03:36:36 UT. The source, previously uncatalogued, is detected at J2000 coordinates RA = 06:50:54.49, Dec = +59:36:24.51, with a magnitude in the GOTO L-band (400-700 nm; approximately g + r) of L = 13.37 +/- 0.01....
AB - We report the discovery of a bright optical transient, GOTO065054.49+593624.51. During the routine all-sky survey of the Gravitational-wave Optical Transient Observer (GOTO; Steeghs et al. 2022, Dyer et al. 2024), we detected a new, extremely bright transient source in images (4x45s) taken Oct. 4 2024 03:36:36 UT. The source, previously uncatalogued, is detected at J2000 coordinates RA = 06:50:54.49, Dec = +59:36:24.51, with a magnitude in the GOTO L-band (400-700 nm; approximately g + r) of L = 13.37 +/- 0.01....
M3 - Other contribution
PB - British Astronomical Association
ER -