TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 208393 [ 2024TNSTR1209....1C ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-04-24 04:12:43
Date made public:
Sender: GW-MMADS_bot
Reporting Group: GW-MMADS     Discovery Data Source: GW-MMADS

Tomás Cabrera (CMU), Lei Hu (CMU), Igor Andreoni (UMD), Keerthi Kunnumkai (CMU), Brendan O’Connor (CMU), Antonella Palmese (CMU), Aidan Catalano (CMU), on behalf of the GW-MMADS team report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2024hev
Discoverer internal name: T202404230819451m135024
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 08:19:45.146 (124.93810647988) DEC = -13:50:24.09 (-13.84002552)
Discovery date: 2024-04-23 00:48:16.992 (JD=2460423.5335333)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-04-23 00:48:16.992
Flux: 21.1918 ABMag
Filter: r-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/2024hev