TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 221059 [ 2024TNSTR2780....1T ]
Date Received (UTC): 2024-08-06 13:54:18
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 2024rlj
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS24mnz
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:57:46.441 (239.443505294) DEC = -62:55:25.24 (-62.9236764706)
Discovery date: 2024-08-06 02:05:24.576 (JD=2460528.58709)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-08-06 02:05:24.576
Flux: 18.252 ABMag
Filter: cyan-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-04
Telescope: ATLAS El Sauce
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-08-03 19:58:14
Limiting flux: 18.88 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-03
Telescope: ATLAS Sutherland
Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2024rlj
Date Received (UTC): 2024-08-06 13:54:18
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 2024rlj
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS24mnz
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:57:46.441 (239.443505294) DEC = -62:55:25.24 (-62.9236764706)
Discovery date: 2024-08-06 02:05:24.576 (JD=2460528.58709)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-08-06 02:05:24.576
Flux: 18.252 ABMag
Filter: cyan-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-04
Telescope: ATLAS El Sauce
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-08-03 19:58:14
Limiting flux: 18.88 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-03
Telescope: ATLAS Sutherland
Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2024rlj