TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 196584 [ 2023TNSTR3256....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2023-12-15 16:33:36
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. Galloway, V. Dhillon, P. O'Brien, G. Ramsay, K. Noysena, R. Kotak, R. Breton, L. Nuttall, E. Pallé, T.Killestein, A. Kumar, D. O'Neill, B.Gompertz, on behalf of GOTO collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2023aaey
Discoverer internal name: GOTO23btx
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 05:57:04.116 (89.267148) DEC = -31:47:08.29 (-31.785636)
Discovery date: 2023-12-15 12:50:40.416 (JD=2460294.035194)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2023-12-15 12:50:40.416
Flux: 20.38 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2023-12-05 13:27:00
Limiting flux: 20.5 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/2023aaey