TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 4243 [ 2016TNSTR.554....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-08-12 12:08:03
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 2016ewx
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS16cik
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:45:07.504 (11.2812663636) DEC = +13:52:48.29 (13.8800818182)
Discovery date: 2016-07-22 13:59:31.000 (JD=2457592.0829977)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-07-22 13:59:31.000
Flux: 18 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-01-21 06:01:26
Limiting flux: 18.51 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2016ewx