TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 228644 [ 2024TNSTR3918....1A ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-09 22:29:46
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

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, D. O'Neill, on behalf of GOTO collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2024xqq
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24gyk
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 20:15:58.005 (303.991687) DEC = +18:57:41.40 (18.961499)
Discovery date: 2024-10-05 21:56:18.240 (JD=2460589.414105)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-10-05 21:56:18.240
Flux: 18.58 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-2
Telescope: GOTO-North

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-10-01 21:41:38
Limiting flux: 18.8 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-2
Telescope: GOTO-North


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