TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 196583 [ 2023TNSTR3257....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2023-12-15 16:22:23
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

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

IAU Designation: AT 2023aaex
Discoverer internal name: GOTO23btz
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 04:57:12.489 (74.302039) DEC = -20:54:43.56 (-20.912101)
Discovery date: 2023-12-15 12:23:49.056 (JD=2460294.016539)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2023-12-15 12:23:49.056
Flux: 20.05 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2023-12-05 12:31:30
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/2023aaex