TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 220213 [ 2024TNSTR2677....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-07-31 09:02:24
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

A. Kumar, T. Killestein, 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, D. O'Neill, on behalf of GOTO collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2024qrx
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24eaq
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:47:58.529 (356.99387) DEC = -65:38:33.82 (-65.642728)
Discovery date: 2024-07-30 16:10:07.680 (JD=2460522.173697)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-07-30 16:10:07.680
Flux: 19.33 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-06-27 14:52:34
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/2024qrx