TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 219453 [ 2024TNSTR2579....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-07-25 15:36:27
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

M. Kennedy, 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 2024qbm
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24dsi
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 12:55:52.220 (193.967582) DEC = -35:42:41.59 (-35.711552)
Discovery date: 2024-07-24 09:14:36.096 (JD=2460515.885138)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-07-24 09:14:36.096
Flux: 18.98 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-06-28 10:40:52
Limiting flux: 19.4 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South


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