TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 220307 [ 2024TNSTR2679....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-07-31 21:38:16
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

M. Kennedy, A. Kumar, 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 2024qtv
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24ecc
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 21:54:15.820 (328.565918) DEC = -53:17:38.23 (-53.293952)
Discovery date: 2024-07-31 14:14:22.848 (JD=2460523.093323)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-07-31 14:14:22.848
Flux: 20.21 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-07-23 14:45:20
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/2024qtv