TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 237296 [ 2024TNSTR5091....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-12-27 07:23:55
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

A. Kumar, G. Ramsay, 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, D. O'Neill, on behalf of GOTO collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: SN 2024afav
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24jlv
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 12:49:12.032 (192.300135) DEC = -18:06:12.57 (-18.103493)
Discovery date: 2024-12-12 17:03:01.152 (JD=2460657.210431)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-12-12 17:03:01.152
Flux: 19.46 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-12-08 06:41:28
Limiting flux: 19.3 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-1
Telescope: GOTO-North


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