TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 215632 [ 2024TNSTR2080....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-06-24 05:50:09
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

L. Kelsey, T. Killestein, E. Wickens, 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, A. Kumar, D. O'Neill, on behalf of GOTO collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2024mok
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24cwv
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:34:43.547 (23.681445) DEC = -59:38:29.38 (-59.641494)
Discovery date: 2024-06-23 19:36:12.384 (JD=2460485.316812)


Remarks: This transient was discovered with the assistance of the GOTO Kilonova Seekers Citizen Scientists on Zooniverse. The candidate was flagged by volunteers: M.T. Mazzucato, Jose Alberto da Silva Campos, Cledison Marcos da Silva, Rosemary Billington, Antonio Pasqua

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-06-23 19:36:12.384
Flux: 19.13 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2023-10-29 15:00:35
Limiting flux: 19.3 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/2024mok