TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 196716 [ 2023TNSTR3291....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2023-12-17 10:15:35
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

G. Ramsay, K. Ulaczyk, K. Ackley, M. Dyer, F. Jiménez-Ibarra, J. Lyman, D. Steeghs, D. Galloway, V. Dhillon, P. O'Brien, 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 2023aaic
Discoverer internal name: GOTO23bvt
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:00:54.520 (195.227165) DEC = -01:22:19.04 (-1.371956)
Discovery date: 2023-12-17 06:12:07.488 (JD=2460295.758422)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2023-12-17 06:12:07.488
Flux: 20.24 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-1
Telescope: GOTO-North

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2023-06-16 22:48:44
Limiting flux: 20.3 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-1
Telescope: GOTO-North


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