TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 219992 [ 2024TNSTR2639....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-07-29 16:20:48
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 2024qnd
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24dvw
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:48:34.302 (357.142925) DEC = -56:37:35.48 (-56.626522)
Discovery date: 2024-07-29 15:55:09.120 (JD=2460521.163298)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-07-29 15:55:09.120
Flux: 19.55 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-06-28 15:24:51
Limiting flux: 19.7 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/2024qnd