TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 3985 [ 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 2016ens
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS16bta
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:19:05.201 (349.771671667) DEC = -14:42:23.14 (-14.7064275)
Discovery date: 2016-07-07 13:23:31.000 (JD=2457577.0579977)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-07-07 13:23:31.000
Flux: 18.27 ABMag
Filter: cyan-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-07-07 13:20:38
Limiting flux: 19.65 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/2016ens