TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 221176 [ 2024TNSTR2799....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-08-07 14:49:01
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

A. Kumar, M. Kennedy, 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 2024rok
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24emn
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:50:56.616 (357.735902) DEC = -02:07:05.28 (-2.118134)
Discovery date: 2024-08-07 14:08:41.568 (JD=2460530.089368)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-08-07 14:08:41.568
Flux: 20.27 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-08-07 01:42:32
Limiting flux: 19.6 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/2024rok