TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 2664 [ 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: SN 2016csv
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS16bel
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:48:09.172 (252.038217778) DEC = +46:05:24.18 (46.0900488889)
Discovery date: 2016-06-06 09:41:45.000 (JD=2457545.9039931)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-06-06 09:41:45.000
Flux: 18.42 ABMag
Filter: cyan-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-06-02 11:09:36
Limiting flux: 19.82 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/2016csv