TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 2568 [ 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 2016cpg
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS16ayg
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:02:19.467 (150.581114286) DEC = -03:12:39.74 (-3.21104)
Discovery date: 2016-05-29 06:14:24.000 (JD=2457537.76)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-05-29 06:14:24.000
Flux: 18.67 ABMag
Filter: cyan-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-05-06 06:14:24
Limiting flux: 19.48 ABMag
Filter: cyan-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala


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