TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 228640 [ 2024TNSTR3917....1O ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-09 21:29:58
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

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

IAU Designation: AT 2024xqo
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24gyj
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 20:37:06.696 (309.277901) DEC = +20:43:51.25 (20.730904)
Discovery date: 2024-10-07 22:32:19.104 (JD=2460591.439111)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-10-07 22:32:19.104
Flux: 19.52 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-2
Telescope: GOTO-North

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-10-05 21:38:03
Limiting flux: 19.8 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/2024xqo