TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 2662 [ 2016TNSTR.416....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-06-10 23:43:19
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 2016cst
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS16bem
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:36:44.916 (234.187148182) DEC = +48:17:43.85 (48.2955145455)
Discovery date: 2016-06-02 10:09:07.000 (JD=2457541.9229977)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-06-02 10:09:07.000
Flux: 19 ABMag
Filter: cyan-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-06-02 09:44:38
Limiting flux: 19.8 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/2016cst