TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 225960 [ 2024TNSTR3616....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-09-20 06:57:58
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

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

IAU Designation: SN 2024vtb
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24gak
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 05:10:02.754 (77.511474) DEC = -25:42:53.29 (-25.714804)
Discovery date: 2024-09-19 17:39:40.032 (JD=2460573.235885)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-09-19 17:39:40.032
Flux: 18.23 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-09-16 16:58:32
Limiting flux: 18.9 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/2024vtb