TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 203636 [ 2024TNSTR.580....1H ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-03-02 23:34:30
Date made public:
Sender: DESIRT_Bot
Reporting Group: DESIRT     Discovery Data Source: DESIRT

Lei Hu (Carnegie Mellon U.), Brendan O'Connor (Carnegie Mellon U.), Antonella Palmese (Carnegie Mellon U.), Yuhan Chen (UC Berkeley), Aidan Catalano (Carnegie Mellon U.), Xingzhuo Chen (Texas A&M U.), Lifan Wang (Texas A&M U.), Tomás Cabrera (Carnegie Mellon U.), Keerthi Kunnumkai (Carnegie Mellon U.), Konstantin Malanchev (Carnegie Mellon U.), Veronica Diaz (Carnegie Mellon U.) on behalf of DESIRT Collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2023acqp
Discoverer internal name: A202312201049059m065522
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:49:05.893 (162.27455588143) DEC = -06:55:21.84 (-6.9227342883273)
Discovery date: 2023-12-20 06:52:24.960 (JD=2460298.7863966)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2023-12-20 06:52:24.960
Flux: 23.3912 ABMag
Filter: r-Sloan
Instrument: DECAM
Telescope: CTIO - 4-m Victor M. Blanco Telescope

Last non-detection:
Archival info: Other
Remarks: DECam Legacy Survey

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