TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 203241 [ 2024TNSTR.547....1U ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-02-28 09:31:43
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

K. Ulaczyk, K. Ackley, M. Dyer, F. Jiménez-Ibarra, J. Lyman, 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, D. O'Neill, on behalf of GOTO collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: SN 2024dhj
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24ue
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:35:47.474 (173.94781) DEC = -49:01:49.19 (-49.03033)
Discovery date: 2024-02-27 16:00:40.896 (JD=2460368.167139)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-02-27 16:00:40.896
Flux: 17.88 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-02-01 15:28:41
Limiting flux: 19.9 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/2024dhj