TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 2824 [ 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 2016cyp
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS16bmg
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:59:32.093 (239.883720909) DEC = +10:43:08.09 (10.7189145455)
Discovery date: 2016-06-19 09:07:12.000 (JD=2457558.88)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-06-19 09:07:12.000
Flux: 17.83 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-06-08 10:56:38
Limiting flux: 19.67 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/2016cyp