TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 196581 [ 2023TNSTR3259....1L ]

Date Received (UTC): 2023-12-15 15:41:27
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

J. Lyman, K. Ackley, M. Dyer, F. Jiménez-Ibarra, 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 2023aaev
Discoverer internal name: GOTO23btw
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 05:43:48.603 (85.952512) DEC = -37:47:53.52 (-37.798199)
Discovery date: 2023-12-15 13:06:38.592 (JD=2460294.046279)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2023-12-15 13:06:38.592
Flux: 20.12 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2023-12-05 12:54:31
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/2023aaev