TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 196580 [ 2023TNSTR3255....1G ]

Date Received (UTC): 2023-12-15 15:30:25
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 2023aaeu
Discoverer internal name: GOTO23btu
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:21:17.193 (140.321637) DEC = -20:06:25.09 (-20.10697)
Discovery date: 2023-12-15 14:34:19.488 (JD=2460294.107169)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2023-12-15 14:34:19.488
Flux: 20.03 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-02-10 23:42:01
Limiting flux: 20.4 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2023aaeu