TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 196616 [ 2023TNSTR3260....1U ]

Date Received (UTC): 2023-12-15 23:32:14
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

K. Ulaczyk, B. Gompertz, 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 2023aafm
Discoverer internal name: GOTO23bum
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 05:13:42.587 (78.427444) DEC = -26:55:38.38 (-26.927328)
Discovery date: 2023-12-15 12:19:17.760 (JD=2460294.013403)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2023-12-15 12:19:17.760
Flux: 19.73 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2023-12-10 13:18:30
Limiting flux: 19.9 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/2023aafm