TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 220465 [ 2024TNSTR2714....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-08-02 11:21:03
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 2024qwz
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24efj
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:46:24.441 (356.601837) DEC = -44:38:38.39 (-44.643997)
Discovery date: 2024-07-29 14:32:57.408 (JD=2460521.106222)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-07-29 14:32:57.408
Flux: 19.94 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-06-10 19:42:42
Limiting flux: 20.8 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/2024qwz