TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 220611 [ 2024TNSTR2741....1O ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-08-03 09:07:08
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

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

IAU Designation: AT 2024raa
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24eio
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 21:36:08.659 (324.036081) DEC = -03:49:17.69 (-3.821581)
Discovery date: 2024-08-02 14:46:09.696 (JD=2460525.115391)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-08-02 14:46:09.696
Flux: 20.04 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-07-31 01:22:01
Limiting flux: 19.5 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-2
Telescope: GOTO-North


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2024raa