TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 237817 [ 2024TNSTR5130....1O ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-12-29 13:45:04
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 2024afnp
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24jpx
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 07:51:48.519 (117.952164) DEC = +01:02:48.34 (1.04676)
Discovery date: 2024-12-29 13:06:20.448 (JD=2460674.046074)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-12-29 13:06:20.448
Flux: 19.33 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-12-28 00:35:59
Limiting flux: 19.3 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-2
Telescope: GOTO-North


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