TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 196210 [ 2023TNSTR3227....1A ]

Date Received (UTC): 2023-12-13 12:39:56
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

K. Ackley, M. Dyer, F. Jiménez-Ibarra, J. Lyman, K. Ulaczyk, D. Steeghs, D. Galloway, V. Dhillon, P. O'Brien, G. Ramsay, K. Noysena, R. Kotak, R. Breton, L. Nuttall, E. Pallé, D. Pollacco, T. Killestein, A. Kumar, D. O'Neill, on behalf of GOTO collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2023zvk
Discoverer internal name: GOTO23bsl
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 05:54:17.914 (88.574642) DEC = +18:04:00.81 (18.066893)
Discovery date: 2023-12-03 00:58:20.928 (JD=2460281.540515)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2023-12-03 00:58:20.928
Flux: 18.86 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-1
Telescope: GOTO-North

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2023-11-04 04:37:37
Limiting flux: 19.4 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-2
Telescope: GOTO-North


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