TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 2865 [ 2016TNSTR.470....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-07-12 13:33:33
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 2016dae
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS16bqp
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 22:53:15.151 (343.313128095) DEC = -22:08:38.22 (-22.1439495238)
Discovery date: 2016-06-20 12:31:40.000 (JD=2457560.0219907)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-06-20 12:31:40.000
Flux: 17.39 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2015-12-22 05:08:09
Limiting flux: 18.34 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/2016dae