TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 218370 [ 2024TNSTR2339....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-07-09 08:17:27
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 2024pco
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24dkw
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:57:55.737 (29.482238) DEC = +13:21:38.36 (13.360655)
Discovery date: 2024-07-05 05:04:32.736 (JD=2460496.711486)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-07-05 05:04:32.736
Flux: 18.95 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-1
Telescope: GOTO-North

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-07-03 04:27:24
Limiting flux: 19.1 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/2024pco