TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 2648 [ 2016TNSTR.408....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-06-08 17:47:45
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 2016csf
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS16bah
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 18:42:05.845 (280.524355714) DEC = +25:12:00.34 (25.2000933333)
Discovery date: 2016-06-02 07:14:52.000 (JD=2457541.8019907)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-06-02 07:14:52.000
Flux: 17.65 ABMag
Filter: cyan-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-05-24 13:12:00
Limiting flux: 18.65 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/2016csf