Discovery certificate for object 2023yxk
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 195012 [ 2023TNSTR3131....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2023-12-05 15:18:03
Sender: ATLAS (ATLAS_Bot1)
Reporting Group: ATLAS     Discovery Data Source: ATLAS

J. Tonry, L. Denneau, H. Weiland, A. Lawrence, R. Siverd (IfA, University of Hawaii), N. Erasmus, W. Koorts (South African Astronomical Observatory), A. Jordan, V. Suc (UAI, Obstech), S. J. Smartt (Oxford/QUB), K. W. Smith, S. Srivastav, D. R. Young, M. Nicholl, M. Fulton, M. McCollum, T. Moore, J. Weston, X. Sheng (Queen's University Belfast), A. Aamer (QUB/Birmingham), L. Shingles (GSI/QUB), A. Rest (STScI), T.-W. Chen (NCU), C. Stubbs (Harvard), J. Sommer (LMU/QUB), L. Rhodes, A. Andersson, H. Stevance, S. Ramaiya, J. Gillanders (Oxford) report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2023yxk
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS23wst
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:19:14.789 (34.81162) DEC = -36:05:27.62 (-36.0910066667)
Discovery date: 2023-12-03 19:01:56.928 (JD=2460282.29302)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2023-12-03 19:01:56.928
Flux: 19.174 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-03
Telescope: ATLAS Sutherland

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2023-12-02 01:54:30
Limiting flux: 20.2 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-04
Telescope: ATLAS El Sauce


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