TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 218467 [ 2024TNSTR2340....1O ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-07-09 22:32:07
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

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, T. Killestein, A. Kumar, on behalf of GOTO collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2024pep
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24cvt
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:28:08.818 (352.03674) DEC = -17:33:50.99 (-17.564164)
Discovery date: 2024-06-10 19:27:22.752 (JD=2460472.310679)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-06-10 19:27:22.752
Flux: 19.61 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2023-11-17 10:20:31
Limiting flux: 20 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/2024pep