TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 218756 [ 2024TNSTR2431....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-07-14 04:32:50
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

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

IAU Designation: AT 2024plg
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24dnu
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 21:17:59.468 (319.497782) DEC = +34:27:06.64 (34.451844)
Discovery date: 2024-06-28 02:38:51.648 (JD=2460489.610316)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-06-28 02:38:51.648
Flux: 19.43 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-2
Telescope: GOTO-North

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-06-26 02:26:20
Limiting flux: 19.3 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/2024plg