TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 226008 [ 2024TNSTR3633....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-09-21 07:02:09
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

M. Kennedy, 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 2024vty
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24gbj
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 20:32:44.997 (308.187486) DEC = +22:15:45.39 (22.262607)
Discovery date: 2024-09-21 00:38:10.464 (JD=2460574.526509)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-09-21 00:38:10.464
Flux: 18.8 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-1
Telescope: GOTO-North

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-09-17 00:26:23
Limiting flux: 16.4 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/2024vty