TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 230068 [ 2024TNSTR4116....1T ]
Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-23 09:47:36
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 2024yxc
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS24pog
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:44:04.776 (11.01989875) DEC = -51:13:42.30 (-51.22841625)
Discovery date: 2024-10-22 21:29:32.928 (JD=2460606.39552)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-10-22 21:29:32.928
Flux: 18.949 ABMag
Filter: cyan-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-03
Telescope: ATLAS Sutherland
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-10-21 04:59:11
Limiting flux: 19.04 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-04
Telescope: ATLAS El Sauce
Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2024yxc
Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-23 09:47:36
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 2024yxc
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS24pog
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:44:04.776 (11.01989875) DEC = -51:13:42.30 (-51.22841625)
Discovery date: 2024-10-22 21:29:32.928 (JD=2460606.39552)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-10-22 21:29:32.928
Flux: 18.949 ABMag
Filter: cyan-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-03
Telescope: ATLAS Sutherland
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-10-21 04:59:11
Limiting flux: 19.04 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-04
Telescope: ATLAS El Sauce
Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2024yxc