TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 218575 [ 2024TNSTR2377....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-07-11 08:58:48
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

T. Killestein, 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, A. Kumar, D. O'Neill, on behalf of GOTO collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: SN 2024phe
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24dme
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:38:42.832 (39.678468) DEC = +14:42:10.30 (14.702862)
Discovery date: 2024-07-11 04:27:47.808 (JD=2460502.685969)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-07-11 04:27:47.808
Flux: 18.7 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-2
Telescope: GOTO-North

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-06-27 19:47:35
Limiting flux: 19.4 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South


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