TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 224470 [ 2024TNSTR3292....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-09-04 10:23:10
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 2024unk
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24fna
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 20:48:56.944 (312.237268) DEC = -63:22:35.13 (-63.376425)
Discovery date: 2024-09-01 10:25:11.424 (JD=2460554.934165)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-09-01 10:25:11.424
Flux: 19.94 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-08-30 11:50:59
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/2024unk