TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 224363 [ 2024TNSTR3263....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-09-03 13:37:12
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

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

IAU Designation: SN 2024uku
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24fmt
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 19:01:10.528 (285.293867) DEC = -45:18:44.11 (-45.312253)
Discovery date: 2024-09-03 11:28:01.920 (JD=2460556.977795)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-09-03 11:28:01.920
Flux: 19.21 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-09-01 09:39:05
Limiting flux: 19.8 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South


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