TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 221162 [ 2024TNSTR2798....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-08-07 09:29:58
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 2024rnx
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24ejv
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 22:51:17.835 (342.824312) DEC = -36:35:40.49 (-36.59458)
Discovery date: 2024-08-06 16:31:45.408 (JD=2460529.188723)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-08-06 16:31:45.408
Flux: 19.8 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-07-29 14:05:35
Limiting flux: 20.2 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/2024rnx