TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 220294 [ 2024TNSTR2680....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-07-31 17:22:32
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

M. Kennedy, G. Ramsay, K. Ackley, M. Dyer, F. Jiménez-Ibarra, J. Lyman, K. Ulaczyk, D. Steeghs, D. Galloway, V. Dhillon, P. O'Brien, K. Noysena, R. Kotak, R. Breton, L. Nuttall, E. Pallé, D. Pollacco, T. Killestein, A. Kumar, D. O'Neill, on behalf of GOTO collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2024qtm
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24eca
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 22:41:58.112 (340.492134) DEC = -53:59:49.89 (-53.997192)
Discovery date: 2024-07-31 14:14:22.848 (JD=2460523.093323)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-07-31 14:14:22.848
Flux: 19.82 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-07-23 14:56:10
Limiting flux: 19.2 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/2024qtm