TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 210204 [ 2024TNSTR1483....1A ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-05-12 14:31:33
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

K. Ackley, D. O'Neill, 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 2024irv
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24bkj
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:31:43.653 (247.931887) DEC = +23:41:30.73 (23.691869)
Discovery date: 2024-05-10 02:59:47.040 (JD=2460440.624848)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-05-10 02:59:47.040
Flux: 20.45 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-1
Telescope: GOTO-North

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-05-05 23:26:27
Limiting flux: 19.4 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-2
Telescope: GOTO-North


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