TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 215795 [ 2024TNSTR2098....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-06-25 09:24:58
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

A. Kumar, 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 2024mtb
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24cwk
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:33:59.426 (23.497609) DEC = -27:31:41.06 (-27.528073)
Discovery date: 2024-06-23 18:41:00.672 (JD=2460485.278477)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-06-23 18:41:00.672
Flux: 19.01 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-01-07 20:44:00
Limiting flux: 20 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/2024mtb