TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 221367 [ 2024TNSTR2853....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-08-10 09:15:37
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

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

IAU Designation: SN 2024rsr
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24erh
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 03:41:27.208 (55.363368) DEC = -02:36:29.75 (-2.608265)
Discovery date: 2024-08-07 17:41:06.432 (JD=2460530.236883)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-08-07 17:41:06.432
Flux: 18.18 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-08-06 04:45:07
Limiting flux: 18.2 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/2024rsr