TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 222284 [ 2024TNSTR3008....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-08-19 12:09:21
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 2024sky
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24eug
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 18:02:56.523 (270.735511) DEC = -66:25:43.49 (-66.428746)
Discovery date: 2024-08-19 11:41:20.256 (JD=2460541.987035)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-08-19 11:41:20.256
Flux: 16.65 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-08-01 12:38:44
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/2024sky