TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 5091 [ 2016TNSTR.641....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-09-07 15:10:43
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 2016fzs
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS16crj
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:17:39.892 (244.416216) DEC = +14:17:54.95 (14.298596)
Discovery date: 2016-09-06 05:55:40.000 (JD=2457637.7469907)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-09-06 05:55:40.000
Flux: 18.99 ABMag
Filter: cyan-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-08-30 07:14:52
Limiting flux: 19.53 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/2016fzs