TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 230638 [ 2024TNSTR4165....1O ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-26 17:25:47
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

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, A. Kumar, on behalf of GOTO collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2024zmc
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24hld
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 05:31:50.016 (82.958401) DEC = -47:16:20.91 (-47.272474)
Discovery date: 2024-10-21 14:58:33.600 (JD=2460605.124002)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-10-21 14:58:33.600
Flux: 19.25 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-10-20 15:35:53
Limiting flux: 19.3 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/2024zmc