TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 214946 [ 2024TNSTR2028....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-06-20 16:26:44
Date made public:
Sender: Balaji Kumar
Reporting Group: GEOTS     Discovery Data Source: GEOTS

Balaji Kumar report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2024lwu
Discoverer internal name: GEOTS-Balaji-2024-011
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 20:02:37.030 (300.654292) DEC = +39:47:00.20 (39.783389)
Discovery date: 2024-06-20 06:29:57.000 (JD=2460481.7707986)


Remarks: CV candidate

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-06-20 06:29:57.000
Flux: 16.6 Other
Filter: Clear-
Instrument: Other
Telescope: Other

Remarks: 3 frames taken with a 0.36-m f/2 astrograph + CCD; zero points calibrated to UCAC-4 magnitudes.

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-05-11 07:02:42
Limiting flux: 18 Other
Filter: Clear-
Instrument: Other
Telescope: Other

Remarks: 3 frames taken with a 0.36-m f/2 astrograph + CCD; zero points calibrated to UCAC-4 magnitudes.

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