TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 189053 [ 2023TNSTR2380....1C ]

Date Received (UTC): 2023-09-25 02:45:07
Date made public:
Sender: GW-MMADS_bot
Reporting Group: GW-MMADS     Discovery Data Source: GW-MMADS

Tomás Cabrera (CMU), Lei Hu (CMU), Igor Andreoni (UMD), Keerthi Kunnumkai (CMU), Brendan O’Connor (CMU), Antonella Palmese (CMU), on behalf of the GW-MMADS team report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2023tog
Discoverer internal name: T202309242204205m244117
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 22:04:20.455 (331.08523042378) DEC = -24:41:16.83 (-24.688007382847)
Discovery date: 2023-09-24 04:03:06.912 (JD=2460211.6688309)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2023-09-24 04:03:06.912
Flux: 21.3456 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/2023tog