TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 190208 [ 2023TNSTR2544....1C ]

Date Received (UTC): 2023-10-10 06:58:26
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), Michael Coughlin (UMN), Theo Jegou Du Laz (Caltech) on behalf of the GW-MMADS team report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2023uoy
Discoverer internal name: T202309242252574m274055
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 22:52:57.386 (343.2391100683) DEC = -27:40:54.80 (-27.681889572327)
Discovery date: 2023-09-24 04:07:52.896 (JD=2460211.6721392)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2023-09-24 04:07:52.896
Flux: 21.9318 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/2023uoy