TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 196853 [ 2023TNSTR3308....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2023-12-18 16:36:32
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

T. Killestein, K. Ackley, M. Dyer, F. Jiménez-Ibarra, J. Lyman, K. Ulaczyk, D. Steeghs, D. Galloway, V. Dhillon, P. O'Brien, G. Ramsay, K. Noysena, R. Kotak, R. Breton, L. Nuttall, E. Pallé, D. Pollacco, A. Kumar, D. O'Neill, on behalf of GOTO collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2023aalh
Discoverer internal name: GOTO23bxl
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:12:12.194 (33.050807) DEC = -27:18:44.74 (-27.312427)
Discovery date: 2023-12-17 10:14:20.832 (JD=2460295.926633)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2023-12-17 10:14:20.832
Flux: 19.47 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2023-12-05 10:34:39
Limiting flux: 20.4 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/2023aalh