TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 197094 [ 2023TNSTR3343....1U ]

Date Received (UTC): 2023-12-22 19:28:08
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 2023aarj
Discoverer internal name: GOTO23bza
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:37:37.016 (159.404232) DEC = -35:32:15.64 (-35.537677)
Discovery date: 2023-12-22 14:31:12.864 (JD=2460301.105015)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2023-12-22 14:31:12.864
Flux: 20.33 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2023-11-15 17:24:21
Limiting flux: 20.7 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South


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