Discovery certificate for object 2024ynk
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 229661 [ 2024TNSTR4068....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-20 10:57:57
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 2024ynk
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS24plp
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:21:02.028 (260.25845) DEC = +38:33:12.15 (38.553375)
Discovery date: 2024-10-20 04:56:43.584 (JD=2460603.70606)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-10-20 04:56:43.584
Flux: 18.832 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-10-19 05:51:05
Limiting flux: 18.82 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/2024ynk