TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 220569 [ 2024TNSTR2716....1O ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-08-02 22:03:40
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 2024qzm
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24eig
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:38:33.974 (39.641557) DEC = +18:50:09.54 (18.835982)
Discovery date: 2024-08-02 02:53:24.288 (JD=2460524.620419)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-08-02 02:53:24.288
Flux: 18.68 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-1
Telescope: GOTO-North

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-07-31 03:00:44
Limiting flux: 19.1 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-1
Telescope: GOTO-North


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