TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 218361 [ 2024TNSTR2338....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-07-09 07:10:46
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

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

IAU Designation: SN 2024pcg
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24dko
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:43:00.904 (10.753767) DEC = +01:33:27.35 (1.557596)
Discovery date: 2024-07-09 03:36:31.104 (JD=2460500.650358)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-07-09 03:36:31.104
Flux: 18.8 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-2
Telescope: GOTO-North

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-07-07 02:59:24
Limiting flux: 19 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-1
Telescope: GOTO-North


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