TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 208398 [ 2024TNSTR1209....1C ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-04-24 04:12:43
Date made public:
Sender: GW-MMADS_bot
Reporting Group: GW-MMADS     Discovery Data Source: GW-MMADS

Tomás Cabrera (CMU), Lei Hu (CMU), Igor Andreoni (UMD), Keerthi Kunnumkai (CMU), Brendan O’Connor (CMU), Antonella Palmese (CMU), Aidan Catalano (CMU), on behalf of the GW-MMADS team report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2024hfa
Discoverer internal name: C202404230832290m141059
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 08:32:29.024 (128.12093255255) DEC = -14:10:59.18 (-14.18310522)
Discovery date: 2024-04-23 00:45:11.232 (JD=2460423.5313817)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-04-23 00:45:11.232
Flux: 19.8027 ABMag
Filter: r-Sloan
Instrument: DECAM
Telescope: CTIO - 4-m Victor M. Blanco Telescope

Last non-detection:
Archival info: Other
Remarks: DECam Legacy Survey

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