TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 230829 [ 2024TNSTR4187....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-28 14:50:59
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 2024zqx
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24hdf
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 21:40:56.874 (325.236974) DEC = -67:21:10.30 (-67.352861)
Discovery date: 2024-10-21 10:22:00.480 (JD=2460604.931952)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-10-21 10:22:00.480
Flux: 19.38 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-10-10 14:15:06
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/2024zqx