TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 219280 [ 2024TNSTR2547....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-07-23 20:42:09
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 2024pyc
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24dsc
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 04:30:21.879 (67.591164) DEC = -15:46:47.12 (-15.779755)
Discovery date: 2024-07-23 19:37:11.136 (JD=2460515.317493)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-07-23 19:37:11.136
Flux: 19.26 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-06-27 19:52:30
Limiting flux: 19.1 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/2024pyc