TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 204509 [ 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 2023ador
Discoverer internal name: T202312140206128m163447
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:06:12.823 (31.553428907079) DEC = -16:34:47.36 (-16.579823309211)
Discovery date: 2023-12-14 03:06:53.856 (JD=2460292.6297942)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2023-12-14 03:06:53.856
Flux: 23.7821 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/2023ador