TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 218621 [ 2024TNSTR2398....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-07-12 08:02:16
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

T. Killestein, 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, A. Kumar, D. O'Neill, on behalf of GOTO collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: SN 2024phy
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24dnq
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:05:15.040 (346.312668) DEC = -17:02:31.70 (-17.04214)
Discovery date: 2024-07-12 05:08:11.328 (JD=2460503.714017)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-07-12 05:08:11.328
Flux: 18.63 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-2
Telescope: GOTO-North

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-07-01 03:01:59
Limiting flux: 19.4 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/2024phy