TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 230729 [ 2024TNSTR4174....1O ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-27 16:13:22
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

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 2024zop
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24hnw
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:11:46.826 (32.945109) DEC = -05:54:55.72 (-5.915479)
Discovery date: 2024-10-25 13:06:37.728 (JD=2460609.046268)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-10-25 13:06:37.728
Flux: 18.35 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-10-22 00:13:19
Limiting flux: 18.6 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/2024zop