TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 187961 [ 2023TNSTR2262....1K ]
Date Received (UTC): 2023-09-14 21:08:13
Date made public:
Sender: Malhar Kendurkar
Reporting Group: GSNST Discovery Data Source: WOTS
M R. Kendurkar (GSNST), D. D. Balam (Dominion Astrophysical Observatory, National Research Council of Canada), C. Raguenaud, K. Alton (DBO, USA), J.B Desroiser (OMSJ, Canada), A. Sehgal (AMO, Canada), J. Newton, M J. Cook (Newcastle Observatory, Canada), D. Lane (Abbey Ridge Observatory, Canada) and M. Michaud for GSNST Team report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.
IAU Designation: AT 2023skp
Discoverer internal name: GSNST-23ac
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:42:50.500 (10.710417) DEC = +41:16:44.62 (41.279061)
Discovery date: 2023-09-14 06:37:22.944 (JD=2460201.77596)
Potential host galaxy: M31
Host redshift: -0.001
Remarks: Possible nova candidate in M31, visible in several epochs.
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2023-09-14 06:37:22.944
Flux: 19.53 ABMag
Filter: Clear-
Instrument: Other
Telescope: Other
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2023-08-14 08:40:24
Limiting flux: 19.7 ABMag
Filter: Clear-
Instrument: Other
Telescope: Other
Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2023skp
Date Received (UTC): 2023-09-14 21:08:13
Date made public:
Sender: Malhar Kendurkar
Reporting Group: GSNST Discovery Data Source: WOTS
M R. Kendurkar (GSNST), D. D. Balam (Dominion Astrophysical Observatory, National Research Council of Canada), C. Raguenaud, K. Alton (DBO, USA), J.B Desroiser (OMSJ, Canada), A. Sehgal (AMO, Canada), J. Newton, M J. Cook (Newcastle Observatory, Canada), D. Lane (Abbey Ridge Observatory, Canada) and M. Michaud for GSNST Team report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.
IAU Designation: AT 2023skp
Discoverer internal name: GSNST-23ac
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:42:50.500 (10.710417) DEC = +41:16:44.62 (41.279061)
Discovery date: 2023-09-14 06:37:22.944 (JD=2460201.77596)
Potential host galaxy: M31
Host redshift: -0.001
Remarks: Possible nova candidate in M31, visible in several epochs.
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2023-09-14 06:37:22.944
Flux: 19.53 ABMag
Filter: Clear-
Instrument: Other
Telescope: Other
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2023-08-14 08:40:24
Limiting flux: 19.7 ABMag
Filter: Clear-
Instrument: Other
Telescope: Other
Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2023skp