TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 196715 [ 2023TNSTR3292....1U ]

Date Received (UTC): 2023-12-17 09:42:50
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: SN 2023aaib
Discoverer internal name: GOTO23bve
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 07:05:05.581 (106.273255) DEC = -53:59:09.23 (-53.985896)
Discovery date: 2023-12-16 13:51:37.728 (JD=2460295.077516)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2023-12-16 13:51:37.728
Flux: 18.38 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2023-10-23 18:11:00
Limiting flux: 20.1 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/2023aaib