TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 224371 [ 2024TNSTR3262....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-09-03 14:54:57
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 2024ula
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24fnh
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:26:07.841 (351.532671) DEC = -38:06:25.19 (-38.106996)
Discovery date: 2024-09-01 10:52:39.936 (JD=2460554.953239)


Remarks: L-band mag at 2024-09-03T12:47:11 is 17.85 +- 0.03

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-09-01 10:52:39.936
Flux: 19.06 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-08-30 13:38:44
Limiting flux: 19 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/2024ula