TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 2823 [ 2016TNSTR.449....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-06-29 12:00:38
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 2016cyo
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS16bio
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:04:59.055 (196.246062667) DEC = +17:54:53.54 (17.914872)
Discovery date: 2016-05-29 08:15:21.000 (JD=2457537.8439931)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-05-29 08:15:21.000
Flux: 18.5 ABMag
Filter: cyan-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-05-17 09:38:52
Limiting flux: 18.35 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/2016cyo