TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 216661 [ 2024TNSTR2212....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-07-02 09:55:45
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

T. Killestein, D. O'Neill, 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, on behalf of GOTO collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2024nou
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24dcp
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:05:32.730 (241.386376) DEC = +21:50:57.93 (21.849425)
Discovery date: 2024-06-27 10:54:56.448 (JD=2460488.954818)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-06-27 10:54:56.448
Flux: 20.39 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-06-26 23:47:46
Limiting flux: 19.9 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-1
Telescope: GOTO-North


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