TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 215798 [ 2024TNSTR2097....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-06-25 09:32:49
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

A. Kumar, 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, T. Killestein, D. O'Neill, on behalf of GOTO collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2024mte
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24cwt
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 19:52:26.949 (298.112287) DEC = +42:38:46.85 (42.646346)
Discovery date: 2024-06-14 01:13:19.488 (JD=2460475.550915)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-06-14 01:13:19.488
Flux: 19.3 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-1
Telescope: GOTO-North

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-06-09 01:43:07
Limiting flux: 19.9 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/2024mte