TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 218889 [ 2024TNSTR2461....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-07-16 09:27:58
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

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

IAU Designation: AT 2024pos
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24dmo
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 03:15:09.097 (48.787905) DEC = -83:43:16.52 (-83.721255)
Discovery date: 2024-07-11 16:49:25.536 (JD=2460503.200991)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-07-11 16:49:25.536
Flux: 19.51 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-06-26 17:48:34
Limiting flux: 19.6 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/2024pos