TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 226358 [ 2024TNSTR3683....1U ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-09-24 00:52:36
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

K. Ulaczyk, M. Kennedy, K. Ackley, M. Dyer, F. Jiménez-Ibarra, J. Lyman, 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, D. O'Neill, on behalf of GOTO collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: SN 2024wcb
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24gfn
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 20:24:26.409 (306.110039) DEC = +19:40:28.65 (19.674625)
Discovery date: 2024-09-23 21:40:51.168 (JD=2460577.403373)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-09-23 21:40:51.168
Flux: 19.05 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-1
Telescope: GOTO-North

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-09-21 21:49:32
Limiting flux: 19.6 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/2024wcb