TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 215868 [ 2024TNSTR2113....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-06-26 05:01:47
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 2024mus
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24cyx
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:54:40.740 (253.669752) DEC = +27:06:51.14 (27.114205)
Discovery date: 2024-06-26 00:51:29.664 (JD=2460487.535759)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-06-26 00:51:29.664
Flux: 19.36 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-1
Telescope: GOTO-North

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-06-23 00:09:33
Limiting flux: 19 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/2024mus