TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 220194 [ 2024TNSTR2673....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-07-31 06:57:06
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 2024qro
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24ebd
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 04:36:52.291 (69.217881) DEC = -49:30:43.90 (-49.512194)
Discovery date: 2024-07-30 18:34:31.008 (JD=2460522.273968)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-07-30 18:34:31.008
Flux: 18.63 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-01-20 11:55:51
Limiting flux: 21 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/2024qro