TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 200831 [ 2024TNSTR.278....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-01-29 14:44:02
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 2024bcm
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24hb
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:01:25.275 (240.355313) DEC = +44:00:58.47 (44.016241)
Discovery date: 2024-01-27 05:02:06.720 (JD=2460336.709803)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-01-27 05:02:06.720
Flux: 19.39 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-1
Telescope: GOTO-North

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-01-02 06:25:31
Limiting flux: 19.4 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/2024bcm