TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 2663 [ 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 2016csu
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS16bek
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:40:31.716 (205.132151429) DEC = +55:35:35.69 (55.5932464286)
Discovery date: 2016-05-27 08:31:12.000 (JD=2457535.855)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-05-27 08:31:12.000
Flux: 18.03 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-05-23 09:23:02
Limiting flux: 18.54 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/2016csu