TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 196759 [ 2023TNSTR3292....1U ]

Date Received (UTC): 2023-12-17 14:55:45
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 2023aaja
Discoverer internal name: GOTO23bwd
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 05:36:50.536 (84.210567) DEC = -14:10:36.87 (-14.176909)
Discovery date: 2023-12-17 12:53:12.480 (JD=2460296.036954)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2023-12-17 12:53:12.480
Flux: 19.82 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2023-12-05 13:23:10
Limiting flux: 20.5 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/2023aaja