TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 226246 [ 2024TNSTR3664....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-09-23 11:09:36
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 2024vzq
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24geo
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 20:03:32.838 (300.886823) DEC = -47:39:29.92 (-47.65831)
Discovery date: 2024-09-19 09:39:47.232 (JD=2460572.902627)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-09-19 09:39:47.232
Flux: 19.42 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-09-17 10:03:40
Limiting flux: 18.9 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/2024vzq