TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 221232 [ 2024TNSTR2814....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-08-08 00:16:35
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

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

IAU Designation: SN 2024rpt
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24enu
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:06:10.458 (346.543574) DEC = -19:50:14.14 (-19.837262)
Discovery date: 2024-08-07 16:08:41.280 (JD=2460530.172695)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-08-07 16:08:41.280
Flux: 19.73 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-08-02 14:26:17
Limiting flux: 20 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2024rpt