TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 217102 [ 2024TNSTR2274....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-07-07 08:08:48
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 2024nzk
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24djx
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:29:03.993 (22.266637) DEC = -10:32:36.00 (-10.543332)
Discovery date: 2024-07-06 04:58:21.216 (JD=2460497.707188)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-07-06 04:58:21.216
Flux: 19.05 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-1
Telescope: GOTO-North

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-07-02 04:50:55
Limiting flux: 19.2 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/2024nzk