TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 196599 [ 2023TNSTR3253....1T ]
Date Received (UTC): 2023-12-15 23:11:32
Date made public:
Sender: ATLAS_Bot1
Reporting Group: ATLAS Discovery Data Source: ATLAS
J. Tonry, L. Denneau, H. Weiland, A. Lawrence, R. Siverd (IfA, University of Hawaii), N. Erasmus, W. Koorts (South African Astronomical Observatory), A. Jordan, V. Suc (UAI, Obstech), S. J. Smartt (Oxford/QUB), K. W. Smith, D. R. Young, M. Nicholl, M. Fulton, M. McCollum, T. Moore, J. Weston, X. Sheng, P. Ramsden (Queen's University Belfast), A. Aamer (QUB/Birmingham), L. Shingles (GSI/QUB), S. Srivastav, S. Ramaiya, J. Gillanders, L. Rhodes, A. Andersson, H. Stevance (Oxford), A. Rest (STScI), T.-W. Chen (NCU), C. Stubbs (Harvard), J. Sommer (LMU/QUB) report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.
IAU Designation: AT 2023aaff
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS23xld
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 06:51:01.049 (102.75437) DEC = -09:21:41.36 (-9.36149)
Discovery date: 2023-12-13 06:46:58.368 (JD=2460291.78262)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2023-12-13 06:46:58.368
Flux: 19.917 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-04
Telescope: ATLAS El Sauce
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2023-12-12 12:51:15
Limiting flux: 19.36 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-01
Telescope: ATLAS Mauna Loa
Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2023aaff
Date Received (UTC): 2023-12-15 23:11:32
Date made public:
Sender: ATLAS_Bot1
Reporting Group: ATLAS Discovery Data Source: ATLAS
J. Tonry, L. Denneau, H. Weiland, A. Lawrence, R. Siverd (IfA, University of Hawaii), N. Erasmus, W. Koorts (South African Astronomical Observatory), A. Jordan, V. Suc (UAI, Obstech), S. J. Smartt (Oxford/QUB), K. W. Smith, D. R. Young, M. Nicholl, M. Fulton, M. McCollum, T. Moore, J. Weston, X. Sheng, P. Ramsden (Queen's University Belfast), A. Aamer (QUB/Birmingham), L. Shingles (GSI/QUB), S. Srivastav, S. Ramaiya, J. Gillanders, L. Rhodes, A. Andersson, H. Stevance (Oxford), A. Rest (STScI), T.-W. Chen (NCU), C. Stubbs (Harvard), J. Sommer (LMU/QUB) report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.
IAU Designation: AT 2023aaff
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS23xld
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 06:51:01.049 (102.75437) DEC = -09:21:41.36 (-9.36149)
Discovery date: 2023-12-13 06:46:58.368 (JD=2460291.78262)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2023-12-13 06:46:58.368
Flux: 19.917 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-04
Telescope: ATLAS El Sauce
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2023-12-12 12:51:15
Limiting flux: 19.36 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-01
Telescope: ATLAS Mauna Loa
Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2023aaff