TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 220375 [ 2024TNSTR2699....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-08-01 18:55:09
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

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

IAU Designation: AT 2024qvj
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24efk
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:51:04.690 (27.76954) DEC = -39:51:28.71 (-39.857975)
Discovery date: 2024-07-30 16:27:34.848 (JD=2460522.185822)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-07-30 16:27:34.848
Flux: 19.29 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-07-23 16:53:53
Limiting flux: 19.3 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/2024qvj