TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 219237 [ 2024TNSTR2528....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-07-22 23:20:32
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

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

IAU Designation: AT 2024pxd
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24dqt
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:56:26.769 (254.111536) DEC = -17:38:43.12 (-17.64531)
Discovery date: 2024-07-22 22:11:15.072 (JD=2460514.424483)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-07-22 22:11:15.072
Flux: 17.52 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-2
Telescope: GOTO-North

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-07-20 21:29:12
Limiting flux: 18.1 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/2024pxd