Discovery certificate for object 2016cpu
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 2582 [ 2016TNSTR.397....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-06-02 18:58:09
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 2016cpu
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS16bac
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:01:01.352 (195.2556325) DEC = -01:12:38.12 (-1.21059)
Discovery date: 2016-05-30 07:55:12.000 (JD=2457538.83)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-05-30 07:55:12.000
Flux: 19.11 ABMag
Filter: cyan-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-05-06 09:21:36
Limiting flux: 19.59 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/2016cpu