TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 226897 [ 2024TNSTR3732....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-09-27 07:20:28
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 2024wqx
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24ghk
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 18:27:54.561 (276.977338) DEC = +16:45:26.68 (16.75741)
Discovery date: 2024-09-26 21:21:47.232 (JD=2460580.39013)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-09-26 21:21:47.232
Flux: 16.54 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-1
Telescope: GOTO-North

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-09-22 20:36:08
Limiting flux: 19.9 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-1
Telescope: GOTO-North


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