TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 204322 [ 2024TNSTR.580....1H ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-03-02 23:47:02
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 2023adkk
Discoverer internal name: C202312110156087m154631
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:56:08.717 (29.036320476361) DEC = -15:46:30.78 (-15.77521638272)
Discovery date: 2023-12-11 03:03:40.320 (JD=2460289.6275523)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2023-12-11 03:03:40.320
Flux: 22.8766 ABMag
Filter: g-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/2023adkk