TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 205070 [ 2024TNSTR.647....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-03-10 12:28:30
Date made public:
Sender: ATLAS_Bot1
Reporting Group: ATLAS     Discovery Data Source: ATLAS

J. Tonry, L. Denneau, H. Weiland, A. Lawrence, R. Siverd (IfA, University of Hawaii), N. Erasmus, W. Koorts (South African Astronomical Observatory), A. Jordan, V. Suc (UAI, Obstech), S. J. Smartt (Oxford/QUB), K. W. Smith, D. R. Young, M. Nicholl, M. Fulton, M. McCollum, T. Moore, J. Weston, X. Sheng, P. Ramsden, C. R. Angus (Queen's University Belfast), A. Aamer (QUB/Birmingham), L. Shingles (GSI/QUB), S. Srivastav, J. Gillanders, L. Rhodes, A. Andersson, H. Stevance (Oxford), A. Rest (STScI), T.-W. Chen (NCU), C. Stubbs (Harvard), J. Sommer (LMU/QUB) report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2024ecd
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS24dkz
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:07:11.663 (136.7985975) DEC = -70:46:51.96 (-70.7811)
Discovery date: 2024-03-08 21:21:05.760 (JD=2460378.38965)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-03-08 21:21:05.760
Flux: 19.543 ABMag
Filter: cyan-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-03
Telescope: ATLAS Sutherland

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-02-29 23:10:07
Limiting flux: 18.98 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-03
Telescope: ATLAS Sutherland


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