Discovery certificate for object 2024usu
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 224685 [ 2024TNSTR3313....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-09-05 18:57:35
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 2024usu
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS24nvu
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 21:50:46.316 (327.692985) DEC = -30:38:41.71 (-30.64491875)
Discovery date: 2024-09-05 04:08:43.872 (JD=2460558.67273)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-09-05 04:08:43.872
Flux: 18.615 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-04
Telescope: ATLAS El Sauce

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-09-04 04:19:38
Limiting flux: 19.43 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/2024usu