TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 196582 [ 2023TNSTR3258....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2023-12-15 16:10:41
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

D. Steeghs, K. Ackley, M. Dyer, F. Jiménez-Ibarra, J. Lyman, K. Ulaczyk, D. O'Neill, D. Galloway, V. Dhillon, P. O'Brien, G. Ramsay, K. Noysena, R. Kotak, R. Breton, L. Nuttall, E. Pallé, T. Killestein, B.Gompertz on behalf of GOTO collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2023aaew
Discoverer internal name: GOTO23btp
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 03:06:55.902 (46.732927) DEC = -17:32:32.87 (-17.542463)
Discovery date: 2023-12-15 11:10:01.056 (JD=2460293.965293)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2023-12-15 11:10:01.056
Flux: 20.51 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2023-12-05 11:26:08
Limiting flux: 20.4 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South


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