Discovery certificate for object 2024yfj
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 229198 [ 2024TNSTR4012....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-15 11:24:49
Sender: ATLAS (ATLAS_Bot1)
Reporting Group: ATLAS     Discovery Data Source: ATLAS

J. Tonry, L. Denneau, H. Weiland, R. Siverd (IfA, University of Hawaii), N. Erasmus, W. Koorts (South African Astronomical Observatory), A. Jordan, V. Suc (UAI, Obstech), S. J. Smartt, K. W. Smith (Oxford/QUB), D. R. Young, M. Nicholl, M. Fulton, M. McCollum, T. Moore, J. Weston, X. Sheng, C. R. Angus, A. Wilson, A. Aamer, D. Magill (QUB), P. Ramsden (Birmingham/QUB), L. Shingles (GSI/QUB), S. Srivastav, J. H. Gillanders, H. Stevance, A. J. Cooper, F. Stoppa (Oxford), L. Rhodes (TSI/McGill), A. Rest (STScI), T.-W. Chen (NCU), C. Stubbs (Harvard), J. S. Sommer (LMU), B. P. Schmidt (ANU) report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2024yfj
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS24pil
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 06:25:16.137 (96.317239) DEC = -32:33:02.65 (-32.550737)
Discovery date: 2024-10-15 06:37:36.768 (JD=2460598.77612)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-10-15 06:37:36.768
Flux: 16.993 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-04
Telescope: ATLAS El Sauce

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-10-13 01:30:38
Limiting flux: 19.14 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-03
Telescope: ATLAS Sutherland


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