TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 201368 [ 2024TNSTR.346....1T ]
Date Received (UTC): 2024-02-05 06:28:02
Date made public:
Sender: 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, D. R. Young, M. Nicholl, M. Fulton, M. McCollum, T. Moore, J. Weston, X. Sheng, P. Ramsden, C. R. Angus (Queen's University Belfast), A. Aamer (QUB/Birmingham), L. Shingles (GSI/QUB), S. Srivastav, J. Gillanders, L. Rhodes, A. Andersson, H. Stevance (Oxford), A. Rest (STScI), T.-W. Chen (NCU), C. Stubbs (Harvard), J. Sommer (LMU/QUB) report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.
IAU Designation: AT 2024bqo
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS24bte
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 07:09:44.536 (107.435568421) DEC = -03:16:27.09 (-3.27419052632)
Discovery date: 2024-02-04 09:21:50.688 (JD=2460344.89017)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-02-04 09:21:50.688
Flux: 17.931 ABMag
Filter: cyan-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-02-03 04:26:38
Limiting flux: 18.68 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/2024bqo
Date Received (UTC): 2024-02-05 06:28:02
Date made public:
Sender: 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, D. R. Young, M. Nicholl, M. Fulton, M. McCollum, T. Moore, J. Weston, X. Sheng, P. Ramsden, C. R. Angus (Queen's University Belfast), A. Aamer (QUB/Birmingham), L. Shingles (GSI/QUB), S. Srivastav, J. Gillanders, L. Rhodes, A. Andersson, H. Stevance (Oxford), A. Rest (STScI), T.-W. Chen (NCU), C. Stubbs (Harvard), J. Sommer (LMU/QUB) report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.
IAU Designation: AT 2024bqo
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS24bte
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 07:09:44.536 (107.435568421) DEC = -03:16:27.09 (-3.27419052632)
Discovery date: 2024-02-04 09:21:50.688 (JD=2460344.89017)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-02-04 09:21:50.688
Flux: 17.931 ABMag
Filter: cyan-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-02-03 04:26:38
Limiting flux: 18.68 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/2024bqo