TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 225257 [ 2024TNSTR3430....1B ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-09-11 07:20:19
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

S. Belkin, G. Ramsay, K. Ackley, M. Dyer, F. Jiménez-Ibarra, J. Lyman, K. Ulaczyk, D. Steeghs, D. Galloway, V. Dhillon, P. O'Brien, K. Noysena, R. Kotak, R. Breton, L. Nuttall, E. Pallé, D. Pollacco, T. Killestein, A. Kumar, D. O'Neill, on behalf of GOTO collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: SN 2024vex
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24fvh
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:04:14.090 (346.058708) DEC = -05:01:50.37 (-5.030659)
Discovery date: 2024-09-10 12:06:02.016 (JD=2460564.004193)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-09-10 12:06:02.016
Flux: 19.28 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-09-05 03:11:42
Limiting flux: 18 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/2024vex