TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 227376 [ 2024TNSTR3827....1U ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-02 06:14:05
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 2024xav
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24gor
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 03:19:47.309 (49.94712) DEC = +41:30:52.63 (41.51462)
Discovery date: 2024-09-30 00:52:19.776 (JD=2460583.536342)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-09-30 00:52:19.776
Flux: 18.63 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-2
Telescope: GOTO-North

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-09-27 23:08:04
Limiting flux: 19.2 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/2024xav