TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 2735 [ 2016TNSTR.424....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-06-14 11:00:26
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 2016cvo
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS16bes
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:25:37.158 (216.404826667) DEC = -17:11:00.74 (-17.1835377778)
Discovery date: 2016-06-09 08:31:12.000 (JD=2457548.855)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-06-09 08:31:12.000
Flux: 18.66 ABMag
Filter: cyan-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-06-05 09:37:26
Limiting flux: 19.6 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/2016cvo