TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 231333 [ 2024TNSTR4276....1O ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-11-02 09:02:49
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

D. O'Neill, 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, on behalf of GOTO collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: SN 2024zzu
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24hxy
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:34:45.065 (353.68777) DEC = -48:14:27.55 (-48.240987)
Discovery date: 2024-11-01 11:20:08.448 (JD=2460615.972322)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-11-01 11:20:08.448
Flux: 19.86 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-10-29 12:52:56
Limiting flux: 19.9 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/2024zzu