Discovery certificate for object 2016ajw
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 1041 [ 2016TNSTR.146....1B ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-02-23 14:43:48
Sender: Dr. David Young
Reporting Group: LSQ     Discovery Data Source: LSQ

C. Baltay, N. Ellman, E. Hadjiyska, R. McKinnon, D. Rabinowitz, S. Rostami (Yale University), U. Feindt, M. Kowalski (Universitat Bonn), P. Nugent (LBL Berkeley) report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: SN 2016ajw
Discoverer internal name: LSQ16gx
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:28:03.557 (202.01482048) DEC = -31:45:25.87 (-31.7571872692)
Discovery date: 2016-01-28 05:48:11.000 (JD=2457415.741794)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-01-28 05:48:11.000
Flux: 19.6003 ABMag
Filter: gr-LSQ
Instrument: QUEST
Telescope: ESO 1-m Schmidt telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-01-22 06:32:58
Limiting flux: 21.5 ABMag
Filter: gr-LSQ
Instrument: QUEST
Telescope: ESO 1-m Schmidt telescope


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2016ajw