Discovery certificate for object 2024ugc
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 224194 [ 2024TNSTR3239....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-09-02 08:06:08
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, 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. P. Schmidt (ANU) report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: SN 2024ugc
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS24nsj
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:45:17.362 (41.3223426316) DEC = +35:18:20.04 (35.3055657895)
Discovery date: 2024-08-30 12:54:10.368 (JD=2460553.03762)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-08-30 12:54:10.368
Flux: 16.841 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-01
Telescope: ATLAS Mauna Loa

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-08-28 11:30:20
Limiting flux: 19.37 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-01
Telescope: ATLAS Mauna Loa


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