TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 203641 [ 2024TNSTR.580....1H ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-03-02 23:34:30
Date made public:
Sender: DESIRT_Bot
Reporting Group: DESIRT     Discovery Data Source: DESIRT

Lei Hu (Carnegie Mellon U.), Brendan O'Connor (Carnegie Mellon U.), Antonella Palmese (Carnegie Mellon U.), Yuhan Chen (UC Berkeley), Aidan Catalano (Carnegie Mellon U.), Xingzhuo Chen (Texas A&M U.), Lifan Wang (Texas A&M U.), Tomás Cabrera (Carnegie Mellon U.), Keerthi Kunnumkai (Carnegie Mellon U.), Konstantin Malanchev (Carnegie Mellon U.), Veronica Diaz (Carnegie Mellon U.) on behalf of DESIRT Collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2024dpe
Discoverer internal name: A202401071109239m075530
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:09:23.887 (167.34953051058) DEC = -07:55:29.56 (-7.9248775177995)
Discovery date: 2024-01-07 08:02:40.416 (JD=2460316.8351931)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-01-07 08:02:40.416
Flux: 22.337 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/2024dpe