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
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