TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 220185 [ 2024TNSTR2673....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-07-31 06:44:23
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 2024qrf
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24dzq
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 06:11:55.185 (92.979937) DEC = -63:31:34.97 (-63.526381)
Discovery date: 2024-07-30 19:28:21.504 (JD=2460522.311365)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-07-30 19:28:21.504
Flux: 19.2 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2023-12-27 16:01:32
Limiting flux: 19.2 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South


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