TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 3992 [ 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 2016enz
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS16bwx
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:24:47.664 (21.1985985714) DEC = -16:51:50.19 (-16.8639428571)
Discovery date: 2016-08-01 13:58:04.000 (JD=2457602.0819907)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-08-01 13:58:04.000
Flux: 19.02 ABMag
Filter: cyan-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-08-01 13:40:47
Limiting flux: 19.75 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/2016enz