Discovery certificate for object 2024ykr
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 229551 [ 2024TNSTR4056....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-19 19:33:13
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: SN 2024ykr
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS24plk
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:10:32.485 (17.635355) DEC = -05:42:19.37 (-5.70538125)
Discovery date: 2024-10-19 11:08:09.600 (JD=2460602.964)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-10-19 11:08:09.600
Flux: 18.239 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-01
Telescope: ATLAS Mauna Loa

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-10-13 12:13:51
Limiting flux: 19.05 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala


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