TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 221227 [ 2024TNSTR2802....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-08-07 23:36:29
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 2024rpq
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24eoc
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 05:11:58.304 (77.992932) DEC = -40:44:44.88 (-40.7458)
Discovery date: 2024-08-07 18:04:20.928 (JD=2460530.253017)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-08-07 18:04:20.928
Flux: 19.13 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-08-02 18:32:08
Limiting flux: 19.6 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/2024rpq