TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 228645 [ 2024TNSTR3918....1A ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-09 22:38:36
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

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

IAU Designation: SN 2024xqr
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24gyn
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 08:09:16.516 (122.318816) DEC = -00:22:05.76 (-0.368268)
Discovery date: 2024-10-09 05:45:29.088 (JD=2460592.739924)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-10-09 05:45:29.088
Flux: 19.23 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-1
Telescope: GOTO-North

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-10-04 05:52:42
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/2024xqr