TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 199436 [ 2024TNSTR..90....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-01-09 18:19:13
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

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

IAU Designation: SN 2023acla
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24P
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 12:05:02.436 (181.260152) DEC = +01:10:33.01 (1.175836)
Discovery date: 2023-12-26 04:17:46.464 (JD=2460304.67901)


Remarks: This transient was discovered with the assistance of the GOTO Kilonova Seekers Citizen Scientists on Zooniverse. The candidate was flagged by volunteers: Cledison Marcos da Silva, Jose Alberto da Silva Campos, M.T. Mazzucato, Sauro Gaudenzi, Dimitri Ferreira Lima

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2023-12-26 04:17:46.464
Flux: 18.4 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-2
Telescope: GOTO-North

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2023-12-02 05:48:36
Limiting flux: 19 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/2023acla