TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 1430 [ 2016TNSTR.203....1T ]
Date Received (UTC): 2016-03-11 17:20:18
Date made public:
Sender: David Young
Reporting Group: ATLAS Discovery Data Source: ATLAS
J. Tonry, L. Denneau, B. Stalder, A. Heinze, A. Sherstyuk (IfA, University of Hawaii), A. Rest (STScI), K. W. Smith, S. J. Smartt (Queen's University Belfast) report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.
IAU Designation: AT 2016ays
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS16aed
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 07:54:02.950 (118.512292) DEC = -01:13:56.70 (-1.232417)
Discovery date: 2016-02-27 09:07:12.000 (JD=2457445.88)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-02-27 09:07:12.000
Flux: 17.38 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala
Last non-detection:
Archival info: SDSS
Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2016ays
Date Received (UTC): 2016-03-11 17:20:18
Date made public:
Sender: David Young
Reporting Group: ATLAS Discovery Data Source: ATLAS
J. Tonry, L. Denneau, B. Stalder, A. Heinze, A. Sherstyuk (IfA, University of Hawaii), A. Rest (STScI), K. W. Smith, S. J. Smartt (Queen's University Belfast) report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.
IAU Designation: AT 2016ays
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS16aed
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 07:54:02.950 (118.512292) DEC = -01:13:56.70 (-1.232417)
Discovery date: 2016-02-27 09:07:12.000 (JD=2457445.88)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-02-27 09:07:12.000
Flux: 17.38 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala
Last non-detection:
Archival info: SDSS
Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2016ays