Discovery certificate for object 2024zqy
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 230830 [ 2024TNSTR4191....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-28 14:54:18
Sender: GOTO (GOTO_bot)
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

G. Ramsay, D. O'Neill, K. Ackley, M. Dyer, F. Jiménez-Ibarra, J. Lyman, K. Ulaczyk, D. Steeghs, D. Galloway, V. Dhillon, P. O'Brien, 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 2024zqy
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24hom
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:12:45.854 (243.19106) DEC = +53:31:16.08 (53.521132)
Discovery date: 2024-10-24 19:53:36.960 (JD=2460608.328904)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-10-24 19:53:36.960
Flux: 19.47 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-1
Telescope: GOTO-North

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-10-19 20:31:34
Limiting flux: 19.2 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/2024zqy