TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 4500 [ 2016TNSTR.583....1T ]
Date Received (UTC): 2016-08-23 09:33:59
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 2016ffh
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS16cpu
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:11:49.483 (227.95617875) DEC = +46:15:03.22 (46.250895)
Discovery date: 2016-08-17 06:34:33.000 (JD=2457617.7739931)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-08-17 06:34:33.000
Flux: 18.5 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-08-17 06:30:14
Limiting flux: 18.6 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/2016ffh
Date Received (UTC): 2016-08-23 09:33:59
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 2016ffh
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS16cpu
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:11:49.483 (227.95617875) DEC = +46:15:03.22 (46.250895)
Discovery date: 2016-08-17 06:34:33.000 (JD=2457617.7739931)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-08-17 06:34:33.000
Flux: 18.5 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-08-17 06:30:14
Limiting flux: 18.6 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/2016ffh