Discovery certificate for object 2024ugo
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 224218 [ 2024TNSTR3239....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-09-02 10:15:57
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: AT 2024ugo
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS24nsp
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 21:15:03.307 (318.763781) DEC = -38:36:48.72 (-38.613532)
Discovery date: 2024-09-01 21:57:02.304 (JD=2460555.41461)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-09-01 21:57:02.304
Flux: 18.946 ABMag
Filter: cyan-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-03
Telescope: ATLAS Sutherland

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-09-01 04:32:48
Limiting flux: 19.42 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/2024ugo