TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 200424 [ 2024TNSTR.238....1G ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-01-23 19:18:11
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

B. Godson, K. Ulaczyk, T. Killestein, K. Ackley, M. Dyer, F. Jiménez-Ibarra, J. Lyman, D. Steeghs, D. Galloway, V. Dhillon, P. O'Brien, G. Ramsay, K. Noysena, R. Kotak, R. Breton, L. Nuttall, E. Pallé, D. Pollacco, A. Kumar, D. O'Neill, on behalf of GOTO collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2024arq
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24fz
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 06:49:01.833 (102.257638) DEC = -29:11:37.38 (-29.193717)
Discovery date: 2024-01-22 11:34:40.224 (JD=2460331.98241)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-01-22 11:34:40.224
Flux: 19.02 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-01-21 12:10:41
Limiting flux: 19.9 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South


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