TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 98108 [ 2021TNSTR.319....1W ]

Date Received (UTC): 2021-02-03 05:21:57
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

S. Williams, Y.-L.. Mong, D. K. Galloway, D.Steeghs, V. Dhillon, P. O'Brien, G. Ramsay, D. Pollacco, E. Thrane, S. Poshyachinda, R. Kotak, L. Nuttall, E. Pallé, K. Ulaczyk, J. Lyman, K. Ackley, M. Dyer, M. Kennedy, T. Heikkilä, on behalf of GOTO collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: SN 2021bmy
Discoverer internal name: GOTO21Z
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:07:44.874 (136.936977) DEC = -13:18:33.74 (-13.309373)
Discovery date: 2021-02-02 23:13:01.632 (JD=2459248.467376)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2021-02-02 23:13:01.632
Flux: 19.1 ABMag
Filter: Clear-
Instrument: GOTO-1
Telescope: GOTO-North

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2021-01-23 03:21:51
Limiting flux: 20 ABMag
Filter: Clear-
Instrument: GOTO-1
Telescope: GOTO-North


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2021bmy