TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 220566 [ 2024TNSTR2716....1O ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-08-02 22:01:27
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

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

IAU Designation: AT 2024qzk
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24eif
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 05:00:52.071 (75.216961) DEC = -20:18:22.09 (-20.306135)
Discovery date: 2024-08-02 18:52:17.184 (JD=2460525.286308)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-08-02 18:52:17.184
Flux: 19.51 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-07-23 19:46:22
Limiting flux: 19.5 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/2024qzk