TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 215813 [ 2024TNSTR2097....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-06-25 10:12:58
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

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

IAU Designation: AT 2024mtn
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24cxg
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:58:56.127 (239.733864) DEC = -69:39:09.28 (-69.652578)
Discovery date: 2024-06-24 14:38:00.672 (JD=2460486.109726)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-06-24 14:38:00.672
Flux: 17.3 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-06-05 14:47:14
Limiting flux: 18.1 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/2024mtn