TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 215720 [ 2024TNSTR2074....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-06-24 22:27:36
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

A. Kumar, B. Gompertz, 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, D. O'Neill, on behalf of GOTO collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2024mqr
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24cxr
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:51:30.408 (237.876698) DEC = -04:34:52.08 (-4.581133)
Discovery date: 2024-06-24 21:41:49.920 (JD=2460486.404053)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-06-24 21:41:49.920
Flux: 19.43 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-1
Telescope: GOTO-North

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-06-22 21:59:15
Limiting flux: 19 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/2024mqr