TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 221228 [ 2024TNSTR2796....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-08-07 23:44:58
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

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

IAU Designation: AT 2024rpr
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24epf
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:36:03.206 (39.013357) DEC = +03:09:50.53 (3.164035)
Discovery date: 2024-08-07 17:01:44.256 (JD=2460530.20954)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-08-07 17:01:44.256
Flux: 19.66 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-08-06 03:00:35
Limiting flux: 18.7 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-2
Telescope: GOTO-North


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