TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 4294 [ 2016TNSTR.558....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-08-13 23:30:16
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: SN 2016eyr
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS16cjv
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:56:05.808 (44.0242014286) DEC = -14:11:18.62 (-14.1885057143)
Discovery date: 2016-08-08 14:13:55.000 (JD=2457609.0929977)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-08-08 14:13:55.000
Flux: 17.92 ABMag
Filter: cyan-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-08-03 14:48:28
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/2016eyr