TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 221102 [ 2024TNSTR2781....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-08-06 15:51:36
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 2024rms
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24ehh
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:01:40.294 (345.417892) DEC = -15:07:42.17 (-15.12838)
Discovery date: 2024-08-02 14:44:00.960 (JD=2460525.113904)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-08-02 14:44:00.960
Flux: 19.18 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-07-29 01:50:00
Limiting flux: 18.3 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-2
Telescope: GOTO-North


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