TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 220268 [ 2024TNSTR2676....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-07-31 13:11:57
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

A. Kumar, M. Kennedy, 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, D. O'Neill, on behalf of GOTO collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2024qss
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24eas
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 21:26:20.527 (321.585529) DEC = -56:17:08.60 (-56.285722)
Discovery date: 2024-07-30 12:09:25.920 (JD=2460522.006553)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-07-30 12:09:25.920
Flux: 19.43 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-07-23 13:50:04
Limiting flux: 19.2 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/2024qss