TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 220308 [ 2024TNSTR2675....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-07-31 21:48:09
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

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 2024qtw
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24ebn
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:27:26.037 (6.858488) DEC = +14:51:00.10 (14.850029)
Discovery date: 2024-07-31 03:24:46.944 (JD=2460522.642211)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-07-31 03:24:46.944
Flux: 19.29 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-1
Telescope: GOTO-North

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-07-29 01:54:53
Limiting flux: 19.4 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-2
Telescope: GOTO-North


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2024qtw