Discovery certificate for object 2016geo
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 5222 [ 2016TNSTR.661....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-09-11 00:03:01
Sender: ATLAS (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 2016geo
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS16cro
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:14:27.441 (243.614338333) DEC = +25:41:37.10 (25.69364)
Discovery date: 2016-09-06 06:05:45.000 (JD=2457637.7539931)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-09-06 06:05:45.000
Flux: 18.53 ABMag
Filter: cyan-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-08-26 07:29:16
Limiting flux: 19.68 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/2016geo