TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 221149 [ 2024TNSTR2803....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-08-07 07:22:16
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 2024rnq
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24ekm
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:34:47.537 (263.69807) DEC = +40:16:53.69 (40.281581)
Discovery date: 2024-08-06 23:16:37.632 (JD=2460529.469879)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-08-06 23:16:37.632
Flux: 18.06 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-1
Telescope: GOTO-North

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-07-31 23:39:54
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/2024rnq