TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 228430 [ 2024TNSTR3902....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-08 18:59:50
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 2024xol
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24gxy
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 03:24:03.517 (51.014655) DEC = -15:43:01.89 (-15.717193)
Discovery date: 2024-10-06 12:41:58.560 (JD=2460590.029153)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-10-06 12:41:58.560
Flux: 19.01 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-10-01 15:06:27
Limiting flux: 20.1 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/2024xol