TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 225119 [ 2024TNSTR3388....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-09-09 08:38:04
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

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

IAU Designation: AT 2024vbq
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24fsq
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 06:13:59.502 (93.497923) DEC = -26:09:17.76 (-26.154934)
Discovery date: 2024-08-29 17:57:03.744 (JD=2460552.247957)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-08-29 17:57:03.744
Flux: 19.67 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-08-09 18:38:00
Limiting flux: 20 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/2024vbq