Discovery certificate for object 2024aauu
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 232142 [ 2024TNSTR4396....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-11-09 23:42:08
Sender: ATLAS (ATLAS_Bot1)
Reporting Group: ATLAS     Discovery Data Source: ATLAS

J. Tonry, L. Denneau, H. Weiland, R. Siverd (IfA, University of Hawaii), N. Erasmus, W. Koorts (South African Astronomical Observatory), A. Jordan, V. Suc (UAI, Obstech), S. J. Smartt, K. W. Smith (Oxford/QUB), D. R. Young, M. Nicholl, M. Fulton, M. McCollum, T. Moore, J. Weston, X. Sheng, C. R. Angus, A. Wilson, A. Aamer, D. Magill (QUB), P. Ramsden (Birmingham/QUB), L. Shingles (GSI/QUB), S. Srivastav, J. H. Gillanders, H. Stevance, A. J. Cooper, F. Stoppa (Oxford), L. Rhodes (TSI/McGill), A. Rest (STScI), T.-W. Chen (NCU), C. Stubbs (Harvard), J. S. Sommer (LMU), B. P. Schmidt (ANU) report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2024aauu
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS24qbh
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 05:37:52.349 (84.4681214286) DEC = +49:37:16.47 (49.6212414286)
Discovery date: 2024-10-30 11:44:52.800 (JD=2460613.9895)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-10-30 11:44:52.800
Flux: 18.736 ABMag
Filter: cyan-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-01
Telescope: ATLAS Mauna Loa

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-10-24 11:26:44
Limiting flux: 19.26 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2024aauu