TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 4024 [ 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 2016epe
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS16bzg
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:25:31.317 (351.380487143) DEC = -15:16:48.03 (-15.2800085714)
Discovery date: 2016-08-02 12:25:55.000 (JD=2457603.0179977)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-08-02 12:25:55.000
Flux: 18.68 ABMag
Filter: cyan-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-08-02 12:21:36
Limiting flux: 19.64 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/2016epe