TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 220190 [ 2024TNSTR2673....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-07-31 06:52:07
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 2024qrk
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24eaw
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 04:27:30.687 (66.877861) DEC = -11:33:42.00 (-11.561666)
Discovery date: 2024-07-30 18:48:26.496 (JD=2460522.283645)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-07-30 18:48:26.496
Flux: 18.49 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-07-23 19:37:11
Limiting flux: 19.4 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/2024qrk