Discovery certificate for object 2024yhe
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 229300 [ 2024TNSTR4030....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-16 11:56:34
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 2024yhe
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS24pji
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 05:41:45.872 (85.4411321429) DEC = -40:40:35.40 (-40.6765)
Discovery date: 2024-10-13 00:48:05.760 (JD=2460596.5334)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-10-13 00:48:05.760
Flux: 18.273 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-03
Telescope: ATLAS Sutherland

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-10-11 00:11:11
Limiting flux: 17.78 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/2024yhe