TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 220377 [ 2024TNSTR2698....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-08-01 20:50:14
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

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

IAU Designation: AT 2024qvl
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24eal
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 04:39:27.215 (69.863397) DEC = -36:10:01.89 (-36.167193)
Discovery date: 2024-06-27 19:57:29.376 (JD=2460489.331594)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-06-27 19:57:29.376
Flux: 18.83 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-01-31 10:09:50
Limiting flux: 20.3 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/2024qvl