Discovery certificate for object 2024yyu
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 230137 [ 2024TNSTR4116....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-23 17:09:58
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 2024yyu
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS24por
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 22:59:39.399 (344.914162) DEC = +20:08:11.26 (20.136462)
Discovery date: 2024-10-23 08:23:59.000 (JD=2460606.8499884)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-10-23 08:23:59.000
Flux: 18.934 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-10-22 09:29:22
Limiting flux: 19.28 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/2024yyu