TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 233431 [ 2024TNSTR4615....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-11-24 17:59:51
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 2024acac
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24ikv
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 05:36:31.135 (84.129729) DEC = -42:18:29.95 (-42.308319)
Discovery date: 2024-11-24 14:18:58.464 (JD=2460639.09651)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-11-24 14:18:58.464
Flux: 19.4 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-11-22 12:54:10
Limiting flux: 20 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://sandbox.wis-tns.org/object/2024acac