TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 306879

Date Received (UTC): 2026-06-02 23:10:18
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

D. O'Neill, K. Ackley, M. Dyer, J. Lyman, K. Ulaczyk, D. Steeghs, D. Galloway, V. Dhillon, P. O'Brien, G. Ramsay, K. Noysena, R. Kotak, R. Breton, J. Casares, L. Nuttall, R. Starling, B. Gompertz, B. Godson, T. Killestein, A. Kumar, M. Pursiainen, on behalf of GOTO collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2026ocl
Discoverer internal name: GOTO26fgc
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 12:15:24.231 (183.850962) DEC = +30:16:44.24 (30.278956)
Discovery date: 2026-06-02 21:19:06.528 (JD=2461194.388273)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-06-02 21:19:06.528
Flux: 19.99 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-2
Telescope: GOTO-North

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-05-31 21:06:05
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/2026ocl