TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 220292 [ 2024TNSTR2680....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-07-31 17:14:46
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

M. Kennedy, G. Ramsay, K. Ackley, M. Dyer, F. Jiménez-Ibarra, J. Lyman, K. Ulaczyk, D. Steeghs, D. Galloway, V. Dhillon, P. O'Brien, K. Noysena, R. Kotak, R. Breton, L. Nuttall, E. Pallé, D. Pollacco, T. Killestein, A. Kumar, D. O'Neill, on behalf of GOTO collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2024qtk
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24ebu
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:00:38.923 (15.16218) DEC = -41:03:04.53 (-41.051257)
Discovery date: 2024-07-31 15:32:38.688 (JD=2460523.147674)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-07-31 15:32:38.688
Flux: 19.24 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-07-29 16:22:41
Limiting flux: 20 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/2024qtk