TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 212217 [ 2024TNSTR1819....1B ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-06-06 10:15:24
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

S. Belkin, 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 2024kkj
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24clq
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:55:14.945 (238.812269) DEC = +33:22:18.63 (33.371841)
Discovery date: 2024-05-28 23:00:10.080 (JD=2460459.458448)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-05-28 23:00:10.080
Flux: 20.43 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-2
Telescope: GOTO-North

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-05-27 23:10:46
Limiting flux: 19.6 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-1
Telescope: GOTO-North


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