TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 220385 [ 2024TNSTR2702....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-08-01 21:50:23
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

G. Ramsay, A. Kumar, 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 2024qvp
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24dye
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 20:23:17.528 (305.823035) DEC = -38:34:43.56 (-38.578767)
Discovery date: 2024-07-30 11:22:18.912 (JD=2460521.97383)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-07-30 11:22:18.912
Flux: 19.32 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-07-23 12:54:36
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/2024qvp