TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 200034 [ 2024TNSTR.180....1T ]
Date Received (UTC): 2024-01-17 17:56:56
Sender: ATLAS (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 (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 2024ajx
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS24bai
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:13:30.804 (228.37834875) DEC = -39:13:07.36 (-39.21871)
Discovery date: 2024-01-17 08:19:53.760 (JD=2460326.84715)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-01-17 08:19:53.760
Flux: 17.825 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-04
Telescope: ATLAS El Sauce
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2023-09-27 00:07:52
Limiting flux: 17.32 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/2024ajx
Date Received (UTC): 2024-01-17 17:56:56
Sender: ATLAS (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 (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 2024ajx
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS24bai
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:13:30.804 (228.37834875) DEC = -39:13:07.36 (-39.21871)
Discovery date: 2024-01-17 08:19:53.760 (JD=2460326.84715)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-01-17 08:19:53.760
Flux: 17.825 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-04
Telescope: ATLAS El Sauce
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2023-09-27 00:07:52
Limiting flux: 17.32 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/2024ajx