TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 215796 [ 2024TNSTR2101....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-06-25 09:26:43
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

T. Killestein, J. Lyman, K. Ackley, M. Dyer, F. Jiménez-Ibarra, 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, A. Kumar, D. O'Neill, on behalf of GOTO collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2024mtc
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24cue
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 22:27:04.013 (336.76672) DEC = +09:53:05.33 (9.884815)
Discovery date: 2024-06-18 04:15:49.824 (JD=2460479.677662)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-06-18 04:15:49.824
Flux: 19.78 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-2
Telescope: GOTO-North

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-06-11 04:43:02
Limiting flux: 19.4 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/2024mtc