TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 227605 [ 2024TNSTR3839....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-03 15:00:49
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. P. Schmidt (ANU) report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2024xev
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS24oxa
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:10:38.695 (347.6612275) DEC = +61:35:17.75 (61.588265)
Discovery date: 2024-10-02 09:25:43.104 (JD=2460585.89286)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-10-02 09:25:43.104
Flux: 18.994 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-01
Telescope: ATLAS Mauna Loa

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-09-30 09:46:49
Limiting flux: 19.25 ABMag
Filter: cyan-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala


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