TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 221168 [ 2024TNSTR2801....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-08-07 12:22:32
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

M. Kennedy, 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 2024roc
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24els
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 20:35:20.106 (308.833775) DEC = -72:09:41.08 (-72.16141)
Discovery date: 2024-08-02 12:25:38.784 (JD=2460525.017808)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-08-02 12:25:38.784
Flux: 20.02 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-07-24 11:22:53
Limiting flux: 19.1 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/2024roc