TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 2734 [ 2016TNSTR.424....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-06-14 10:36:36
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 2016cvn
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS16bdg
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 12:49:41.364 (192.42235) DEC = -11:05:34.40 (-11.0928885714)
Discovery date: 2016-06-05 07:24:57.000 (JD=2457544.8089931)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-06-05 07:24:57.000
Flux: 17.97 ABMag
Filter: cyan-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-06-01 08:45:36
Limiting flux: 19.53 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/2016cvn