TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 215639 [ 2024TNSTR2078....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-06-24 08:48:13
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

D. Steeghs, K. Ackley, M. Dyer, F. Jiménez-Ibarra, J. Lyman, K. Ulaczyk, 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, D. O'Neill, on behalf of GOTO collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2024mop
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24cww
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:15:51.146 (168.963108) DEC = -30:29:35.59 (-30.493219)
Discovery date: 2024-06-24 08:09:42.912 (JD=2460485.840083)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-06-24 08:09:42.912
Flux: 19.4 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-05-29 08:15:02
Limiting flux: 20.8 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/2024mop