TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 196474 [ 2023TNSTR3242....1G ]

Date Received (UTC): 2023-12-14 22:12:38
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

B. Gompertz, 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: AT 2023aacd
Discoverer internal name: GOTO23bte
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 03:56:17.085 (59.071188) DEC = -08:31:34.09 (-8.526136)
Discovery date: 2023-12-14 21:41:23.136 (JD=2460293.403745)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2023-12-14 21:41:23.136
Flux: 19.79 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-1
Telescope: GOTO-North

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2023-11-04 01:44:46
Limiting flux: 19.5 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/2023aacd