TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 4207 [ 2016TNSTR.545....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-08-10 11:23:13
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 2016evq
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS16cdp
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 20:02:17.077 (300.571155385) DEC = +56:23:03.50 (56.3843053846)
Discovery date: 2016-07-29 10:10:33.000 (JD=2457598.9239931)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-07-29 10:10:33.000
Flux: 17.58 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-07-12 11:36:57
Limiting flux: 19.61 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/2016evq