Discovery certificate for object 2024zqs
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 230822 [ 2024TNSTR4187....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-28 13:49:16
Sender: GOTO (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 2024zqs
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24hph
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 03:38:07.637 (54.531819) DEC = -54:00:47.85 (-54.013291)
Discovery date: 2024-10-20 11:20:55.104 (JD=2460603.972858)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-10-20 11:20:55.104
Flux: 19.23 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-10-13 11:56:00
Limiting flux: 18.1 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/2024zqs