TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 221469 [ 2024TNSTR2855....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-08-10 20:32:50
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

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

IAU Designation: SN 2024ruk
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24err
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 05:09:02.405 (77.260021) DEC = +02:07:38.07 (2.127242)
Discovery date: 2024-08-10 19:29:28.896 (JD=2460533.312136)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-08-10 19:29:28.896
Flux: 18.33 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-08-07 05:32:44
Limiting flux: 17.5 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-2
Telescope: GOTO-North


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