TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 215791 [ 2024TNSTR2099....1O ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-06-25 09:17:48
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

D. O'Neill, J. Lyman, K. Ackley, M. Dyer, F. Jiménez-Ibarra, 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 2024msz
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24cxb
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:59:21.203 (269.838345) DEC = -62:43:02.34 (-62.717318)
Discovery date: 2024-06-24 13:34:47.712 (JD=2460486.065834)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-06-24 13:34:47.712
Flux: 18.85 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-06-14 10:45:21
Limiting flux: 19.7 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/2024msz