TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 221161 [ 2024TNSTR2798....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-08-07 09:28:04
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 2024rnw
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24ejs
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:38:59.735 (39.748894) DEC = -26:29:28.85 (-26.491348)
Discovery date: 2024-08-06 15:50:17.088 (JD=2460529.159917)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-08-06 15:50:17.088
Flux: 19.85 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-08-01 17:20:22
Limiting flux: 19.8 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South


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