TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 201545 [ 2024TNSTR.365....1G ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-02-07 18:36:47
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

B. Godson, 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, A. Kumar, D. O'Neill, on behalf of GOTO collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: SN 2024bvg
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24nz
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 12:30:22.953 (187.595639) DEC = +10:52:19.42 (10.872061)
Discovery date: 2024-02-06 04:59:06.144 (JD=2460346.707707)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-02-06 04:59:06.144
Flux: 19.63 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-2
Telescope: GOTO-North

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-02-03 04:29:28
Limiting flux: 19 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-2
Telescope: GOTO-North


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