TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 221225 [ 2024TNSTR2802....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-08-07 23:31:55
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

M. Kennedy, 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, A. Kumar, on behalf of GOTO collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2024rpo
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24eol
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 06:04:23.670 (91.098627) DEC = -52:00:23.59 (-52.006553)
Discovery date: 2024-08-07 18:59:22.272 (JD=2460530.291235)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-08-07 18:59:22.272
Flux: 17.71 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-01-28 11:40:55
Limiting flux: 20.5 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/2024rpo