TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 220309 [ 2024TNSTR2675....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-07-31 21:56:31
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 2024qtx
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24eaz
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 03:34:41.737 (53.673903) DEC = -03:24:03.61 (-3.401004)
Discovery date: 2024-07-30 18:39:17.856 (JD=2460522.277286)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-07-30 18:39:17.856
Flux: 19.53 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-02-06 22:13:59
Limiting flux: 20 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/2024qtx