TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 64601 [ 2020TNSTR.827....1T ]
Date Received (UTC): 2020-03-19 17:27:12
Date made public:
Sender: ATLAS_Bot1
Reporting Group: ATLAS Discovery Data Source: ATLAS
J. Tonry, L. Denneau, A. Heinze, H. Weiland, H. Flewelling (IfA, University of Hawaii), B. Stalder (LSST), A. Rest (STScI), C. Stubbs (Harvard University), K. W. Smith, S. J. Smartt, D. R. Young, S. Srivastav, O. McBrien, D. O'Neill, P. Clark, M. Fulton, J. Gillanders, M. Dobson (Queen's University Belfast), T.-W. Chen (MPE), D. E. Wright (University of Minnesota), J. Anderson (ESO) report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.
IAU Designation: AT 2020epc
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS20iaq
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:44:22.608 (206.094198824) DEC = -41:25:46.01 (-41.4294458824)
Discovery date: 2020-03-19 11:49:55.200 (JD=2458927.993)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-03-19 11:49:55.200
Flux: 17.462 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-01
Telescope: ATLAS Mauna Loa
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-03-11 11:39:50
Limiting flux: 18.21 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-01
Telescope: ATLAS Mauna Loa
Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2020epc
Date Received (UTC): 2020-03-19 17:27:12
Date made public:
Sender: ATLAS_Bot1
Reporting Group: ATLAS Discovery Data Source: ATLAS
J. Tonry, L. Denneau, A. Heinze, H. Weiland, H. Flewelling (IfA, University of Hawaii), B. Stalder (LSST), A. Rest (STScI), C. Stubbs (Harvard University), K. W. Smith, S. J. Smartt, D. R. Young, S. Srivastav, O. McBrien, D. O'Neill, P. Clark, M. Fulton, J. Gillanders, M. Dobson (Queen's University Belfast), T.-W. Chen (MPE), D. E. Wright (University of Minnesota), J. Anderson (ESO) report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.
IAU Designation: AT 2020epc
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS20iaq
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:44:22.608 (206.094198824) DEC = -41:25:46.01 (-41.4294458824)
Discovery date: 2020-03-19 11:49:55.200 (JD=2458927.993)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-03-19 11:49:55.200
Flux: 17.462 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-01
Telescope: ATLAS Mauna Loa
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-03-11 11:39:50
Limiting flux: 18.21 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-01
Telescope: ATLAS Mauna Loa
Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2020epc