TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 220231 [ 2024TNSTR2671....1T ]
Date Received (UTC): 2024-07-31 10:43:01
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, A. Wilson (Queen's University Belfast), A. Aamer (QUB/Birmingham), L. Shingles (GSI/QUB), S. Srivastav, J. Gillanders, L. Rhodes, H. Stevance (Oxford), A. Rest (STScI), T.-W. Chen (NCU), C. Stubbs (Harvard), J. Sommer (LMU/QUB), B. Schmidt (ANU) report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.
IAU Designation: AT 2024qsb
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS24mcx
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:38:42.963 (159.6790125) DEC = -50:32:24.28 (-50.5400775)
Discovery date: 2024-07-30 17:59:48.768 (JD=2460522.24987)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-07-30 17:59:48.768
Flux: 18.711 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-03
Telescope: ATLAS Sutherland
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-07-29 00:20:36
Limiting flux: 19.1 ABMag
Filter: cyan-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-04
Telescope: ATLAS El Sauce
Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2024qsb
Date Received (UTC): 2024-07-31 10:43:01
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, A. Wilson (Queen's University Belfast), A. Aamer (QUB/Birmingham), L. Shingles (GSI/QUB), S. Srivastav, J. Gillanders, L. Rhodes, H. Stevance (Oxford), A. Rest (STScI), T.-W. Chen (NCU), C. Stubbs (Harvard), J. Sommer (LMU/QUB), B. Schmidt (ANU) report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.
IAU Designation: AT 2024qsb
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS24mcx
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:38:42.963 (159.6790125) DEC = -50:32:24.28 (-50.5400775)
Discovery date: 2024-07-30 17:59:48.768 (JD=2460522.24987)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-07-30 17:59:48.768
Flux: 18.711 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-03
Telescope: ATLAS Sutherland
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-07-29 00:20:36
Limiting flux: 19.1 ABMag
Filter: cyan-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-04
Telescope: ATLAS El Sauce
Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2024qsb