TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 4022 [ 2016TNSTR.519....1T ]
Date Received (UTC): 2016-08-04 09:13:18
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 2016epc
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS16byy
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:37:42.431 (234.426794167) DEC = -22:36:16.31 (-22.60453)
Discovery date: 2016-08-01 06:30:14.000 (JD=2457601.7709954)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-08-01 06:30:14.000
Flux: 16.98 ABMag
Filter: cyan-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-07-08 08:22:33
Limiting flux: 19.58 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/2016epc
Date Received (UTC): 2016-08-04 09:13:18
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 2016epc
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS16byy
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:37:42.431 (234.426794167) DEC = -22:36:16.31 (-22.60453)
Discovery date: 2016-08-01 06:30:14.000 (JD=2457601.7709954)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-08-01 06:30:14.000
Flux: 16.98 ABMag
Filter: cyan-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-07-08 08:22:33
Limiting flux: 19.58 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/2016epc