TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 196601 [ 2023TNSTR3261....1U ]

Date Received (UTC): 2023-12-15 23:22:30
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

K. Ulaczyk, K. Ackley, M. Dyer, F. Jiménez-Ibarra, J. Lyman, 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 2023aafg
Discoverer internal name: GOTO23bue
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:49:51.990 (12.466624) DEC = -13:45:23.46 (-13.756518)
Discovery date: 2023-12-15 21:20:59.712 (JD=2460294.38958)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2023-12-15 21:20:59.712
Flux: 19.97 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-1
Telescope: GOTO-North

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2023-11-27 21:50:00
Limiting flux: 18.9 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-1
Telescope: GOTO-North


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