TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 220379 [ 2024TNSTR2698....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-08-01 20:58:38
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 2024qvn
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24ecj
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:27:28.543 (6.86893) DEC = -40:14:51.54 (-40.247649)
Discovery date: 2024-07-29 15:54:51.840 (JD=2460521.163099)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-07-29 15:54:51.840
Flux: 19.4 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-06-28 16:10:46
Limiting flux: 19.6 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South


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