TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 216647 [ 2024TNSTR2210....1O ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-07-02 09:25:32
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

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

IAU Designation: AT 2024nok
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24dhg
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 03:42:43.357 (55.680653) DEC = -54:33:28.74 (-54.557984)
Discovery date: 2024-06-28 18:53:40.992 (JD=2460490.287277)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-06-28 18:53:40.992
Flux: 19.5 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-06-26 18:16:05
Limiting flux: 19.2 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2024nok