TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 236346 [ 2024TNSTR4964....1O ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-12-19 15:44:56
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 2024aehb
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24jdc
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 03:27:17.705 (51.82377) DEC = -50:33:05.68 (-50.551578)
Discovery date: 2024-12-13 12:02:30.336 (JD=2460658.001742)


Remarks: This transient was discovered with the assistance of the GOTO Kilonova Seekers Citizen Scientists on Zooniverse. The candidate was flagged by volunteers: M.T. Mazzucato, Mayahuel Torres Guerrero, Henryk Krawczyk, Antonio Pasqua, Virgilio Gonano

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-12-13 12:02:30.336
Flux: 19.22 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-12-11 15:37:46
Limiting flux: 19.8 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2024aehb