TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 215814 [ 2024TNSTR2097....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-06-25 10:13:39
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 2024mto
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24cxj
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:55:58.327 (253.993029) DEC = -20:09:00.17 (-20.150046)
Discovery date: 2024-06-24 15:24:33.984 (JD=2460486.142064)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-06-24 15:24:33.984
Flux: 17.57 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-06-15 00:04:51
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/2024mto