TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 221180 [ 2024TNSTR2798....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-08-07 15:48:05
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 2024roo
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24eme
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:31:55.962 (7.983173) DEC = -78:13:49.47 (-78.230407)
Discovery date: 2024-08-06 15:41:11.040 (JD=2460529.153595)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-08-06 15:41:11.040
Flux: 19.47 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-08-01 14:41:31
Limiting flux: 20 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/2024roo