TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 208386 [ 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 2024hep
Discoverer internal name: T202404230829513m175753
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 08:29:51.307 (127.46377758879) DEC = -17:57:52.99 (-17.9647202)
Discovery date: 2024-04-23 01:05:23.424 (JD=2460423.5454067)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-04-23 01:05:23.424
Flux: 21.2765 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/2024hep