TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 221183 [ 2024TNSTR2798....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-08-07 15:57:47
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 2024ror
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24elt
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 19:56:11.450 (299.047707) DEC = -35:11:29.09 (-35.191415)
Discovery date: 2024-08-07 12:12:23.040 (JD=2460530.008602)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-08-07 12:12:23.040
Flux: 19.99 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-07-23 12:40:52
Limiting flux: 18.9 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/2024ror