TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 196579 [ 2023TNSTR3262....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2023-12-15 15:21:37
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: AT 2023aaet
Discoverer internal name: GOTO23btv
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 08:07:13.597 (121.806654) DEC = +06:50:58.87 (6.849685)
Discovery date: 2023-12-15 14:16:31.584 (JD=2460294.094814)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2023-12-15 14:16:31.584
Flux: 19.65 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2021-04-02 22:51:02
Limiting flux: 20.5 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/2023aaet