TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 220570 [ 2024TNSTR2712....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-08-02 22:05:37
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 2024qzn
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24efm
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:58:32.441 (14.63517) DEC = -48:33:09.63 (-48.552676)
Discovery date: 2024-08-01 15:12:25.632 (JD=2460524.133631)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-08-01 15:12:25.632
Flux: 19.84 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-08-01 14:04:45
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/2024qzn