TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 228783 [ 2024TNSTR3955....1G ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-11 07:39:59
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

B. Godson, 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, A. Kumar, on behalf of GOTO collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: SN 2024xud
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24gzq
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:49:48.702 (357.452923) DEC = -19:57:56.09 (-19.965581)
Discovery date: 2024-10-06 13:21:14.688 (JD=2460590.056417)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-10-06 13:21:14.688
Flux: 19.38 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-10-01 01:35:02
Limiting flux: 19.1 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/2024xud