TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 205593 [ 2024TNSTR.742....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-03-19 07:51:08
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

G. Ramsay, K. Ackley, M. Dyer, F. Jiménez-Ibarra, J. Lyman, K. Ulaczyk, D. Steeghs, D. Galloway, V. Dhillon, P. O'Brien, 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 2024epw
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24abv
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:19:28.912 (199.870467) DEC = +47:23:11.81 (47.386613)
Discovery date: 2024-03-18 00:35:06.432 (JD=2460387.52438)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-03-18 00:35:06.432
Flux: 19.12 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-1
Telescope: GOTO-North

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-03-05 04:44:10
Limiting flux: 19.5 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/2024epw