TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 2566 [ 2016TNSTR.393....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-06-01 15:53:59
Date made public:
Sender: ATLAS_Bot1
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 2016cpe
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS16axt
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:28:05.194 (142.02164) DEC = -08:46:23.43 (-8.77317625)
Discovery date: 2016-05-30 06:00:00.000 (JD=2457538.75)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-05-30 06:00:00.000
Flux: 17.62 ABMag
Filter: cyan-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-04-21 09:21:36
Limiting flux: 18.02 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala


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