Discovery certificate for object 2016cpi
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 2570 [ 2016TNSTR.393....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-06-01 15:53:59
Sender: ATLAS (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 2016cpi
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS16ayo
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 20:39:14.252 (309.809385) DEC = -05:52:30.93 (-5.8752575)
Discovery date: 2016-05-30 13:40:47.000 (JD=2457539.0699884)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-05-30 13:40:47.000
Flux: 18.57 ABMag
Filter: cyan-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-04-17 13:55:12
Limiting flux: 18.84 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/2016cpi