TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 205612 [ 2024TNSTR.743....1U ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-03-19 12:49:00
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

K. Ulaczyk, T. Killestein, K. Ackley, M. Dyer, F. Jiménez-Ibarra, J. Lyman, D. Steeghs, D. Galloway, V. Dhillon, P. O'Brien, G. Ramsay, K. Noysena, R. Kotak, R. Breton, L. Nuttall, E. Pallé, D. Pollacco, A. Kumar, D. O'Neill, on behalf of GOTO collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2024eqc
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24acb
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 19:02:04.405 (285.518355) DEC = +33:51:03.77 (33.851048)
Discovery date: 2024-03-19 06:12:22.176 (JD=2460388.758591)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-03-19 06:12:22.176
Flux: 18.87 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-1
Telescope: GOTO-North

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-03-05 06:27:06
Limiting flux: 19.6 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-1
Telescope: GOTO-North


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