TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 218564 [ 2024TNSTR2373....1O ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-07-11 05:45:28
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 2024phc
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24dmc
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:33:04.950 (38.270626) DEC = +03:45:09.75 (3.752708)
Discovery date: 2024-07-11 04:42:21.312 (JD=2460502.69608)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-07-11 04:42:21.312
Flux: 19.13 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-2
Telescope: GOTO-North

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-07-06 05:02:13
Limiting flux: 19 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/2024phc