TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 216740 [ 2024TNSTR2224....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-07-03 06:43:54
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

A. Kumar, G. Ramsay, K. Ackley, M. Dyer, F. Jiménez-Ibarra, J. Lyman, K. Ulaczyk, D. Steeghs, D. Galloway, V. Dhillon, P. O'Brien, 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 2024nqu
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24dhr
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 21:43:06.117 (325.775488) DEC = +07:58:09.67 (7.969353)
Discovery date: 2024-07-02 04:45:57.312 (JD=2460493.69858)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-07-02 04:45:57.312
Flux: 19.46 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-2
Telescope: GOTO-North

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-06-30 02:30:04
Limiting flux: 19.5 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/2024nqu