TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 3984 [ 2016TNSTR.512....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-08-03 12:05:48
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 2016enr
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS16btb
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 19:33:30.164 (293.375684091) DEC = -13:49:02.55 (-13.8173759091)
Discovery date: 2016-06-28 11:51:21.000 (JD=2457567.9939931)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-06-28 11:51:21.000
Flux: 17.45 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-06-28 10:55:12
Limiting flux: 17.45 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/2016enr