TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 2730 [ 2016TNSTR.421....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-06-13 13:59:30
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 2016cvj
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS16beo
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:32:59.215 (248.246731111) DEC = +31:57:43.27 (31.9620188889)
Discovery date: 2016-06-07 10:06:14.000 (JD=2457546.9209954)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-06-07 10:06:14.000
Flux: 19.01 ABMag
Filter: cyan-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-06-03 11:26:52
Limiting flux: 19.78 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/2016cvj