Discovery certificate for object 2024vau
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 225080 [ 2024TNSTR3370....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-09-08 22:39:19
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 2024vau
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS24obh
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:51:46.860 (237.945248) DEC = -26:38:57.30 (-26.64925)
Discovery date: 2024-09-07 23:28:26.112 (JD=2460561.47808)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-09-07 23:28:26.112
Flux: 16.675 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-04
Telescope: ATLAS El Sauce

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-09-06 17:50:11
Limiting flux: 19.12 ABMag
Filter: cyan-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-03
Telescope: ATLAS Sutherland


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