TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 221208 [ 2024TNSTR2798....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-08-07 20:24:22
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 2024rpg
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24epk
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 06:33:32.068 (98.383617) DEC = -30:50:53.66 (-30.84824)
Discovery date: 2024-08-07 19:32:45.024 (JD=2460530.314406)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-08-07 19:32:45.024
Flux: 18.81 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-03-14 09:27:12
Limiting flux: 20.8 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South


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