TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 215693 [ 2024TNSTR2075....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-06-24 21:02:46
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

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

IAU Designation: AT 2024mpw
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24cxn
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 04:00:01.733 (60.007222) DEC = -31:51:07.55 (-31.852097)
Discovery date: 2024-06-24 19:38:08.160 (JD=2460486.318146)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-06-24 19:38:08.160
Flux: 17.5 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-01-31 10:34:24
Limiting flux: 19.8 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South


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