TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 223995 [ 2024TNSTR3199....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-08-31 22:15:17
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 2024ucd
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24fhg
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 22:34:32.390 (338.634957) DEC = +18:10:00.03 (18.166675)
Discovery date: 2024-08-31 13:51:37.728 (JD=2460554.077516)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-08-31 13:51:37.728
Flux: 19.32 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-08-12 01:36:19
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/2024ucd