TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 215699 [ 2024TNSTR2075....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-06-24 21:33:39
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

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

IAU Designation: SN 2024mpz
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24cxp
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 03:21:40.448 (50.418534) DEC = -06:38:02.33 (-6.63398)
Discovery date: 2024-06-24 19:53:29.184 (JD=2460486.328812)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-06-24 19:53:29.184
Flux: 16.93 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-02-01 22:27:07
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/2024mpz