TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 210468 [ 2024TNSTR1523....1O ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-05-15 21:26:59
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 2024ixo
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24brl
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 21:52:30.685 (328.127854) DEC = +02:14:01.13 (2.233647)
Discovery date: 2024-05-12 04:52:17.472 (JD=2460442.702981)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-05-12 04:52:17.472
Flux: 19.81 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-1
Telescope: GOTO-North

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-04-26 05:07:26
Limiting flux: 19.4 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/2024ixo