TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 5082 [ 2016TNSTR.641....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-09-07 08:47:17
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 2016fmb
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS16crg
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 21:35:25.437 (323.855988889) DEC = +21:19:12.90 (21.3202511111)
Discovery date: 2016-09-02 09:51:50.000 (JD=2457633.9109954)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-09-02 09:51:50.000
Flux: 18.5 ABMag
Filter: cyan-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-08-26 11:36:57
Limiting flux: 19.56 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/2016fmb