TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 220081 [ 2024TNSTR2657....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-07-30 09:27:11
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

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

IAU Designation: AT 2024qou
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24dve
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:51:47.269 (267.946956) DEC = +22:57:55.96 (22.965544)
Discovery date: 2024-07-28 23:08:13.920 (JD=2460520.464048)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-07-28 23:08:13.920
Flux: 19.92 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-1
Telescope: GOTO-North

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-07-19 22:56:10
Limiting flux: 18.9 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/2024qou