TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 215681 [ 2024TNSTR2077....1O ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-06-24 18:22:05
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

D. O'Neill, G. Ramsay, K. Ackley, M. Dyer, F. Jiménez-Ibarra, J. Lyman, K. Ulaczyk, D. Steeghs, D. Galloway, V. Dhillon, P. O'Brien, 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 2024mpp
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24cxc
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:12:06.246 (228.026026) DEC = -25:10:50.56 (-25.180711)
Discovery date: 2024-06-24 12:51:16.704 (JD=2460486.035609)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-06-24 12:51:16.704
Flux: 19.06 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-05-27 11:33:33
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/2024mpp