TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 233730 [ 2024TNSTR4643....1O ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-11-26 12:11:24
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: SN 2024acfx
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24iof
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:08:31.095 (347.129561) DEC = -18:17:17.38 (-18.28816)
Discovery date: 2024-11-26 11:14:56.544 (JD=2460640.968706)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-11-26 11:14:56.544
Flux: 19.41 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-11-14 12:47:39
Limiting flux: 18.6 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South


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