TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 227985 [ 2024TNSTR3903....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-08 06:54:19
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

A. Kumar, G. Ramsay, K. Ackley, M. Dyer, F. Jiménez-Ibarra, J. Lyman, K. Ulaczyk, D. Steeghs, D. Galloway, V. Dhillon, P. O'Brien, 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 2024xne
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24gxq
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 08:01:59.879 (120.499497) DEC = +55:37:15.09 (55.620858)
Discovery date: 2024-10-08 04:24:36.000 (JD=2460591.683747)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-10-08 04:24:36.000
Flux: 18.27 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-2
Telescope: GOTO-North

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-10-06 02:57:43
Limiting flux: 18.7 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/2024xne