Discovery certificate for object 2016hmp
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 6226 [ 2016TNSTR.833....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-10-26 19:04:01
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: SN 2016hmp
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS16dop
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 04:54:13.649 (73.55687) DEC = -20:29:02.42 (-20.484005)
Discovery date: 2016-10-10 15:02:52.000 (JD=2457672.1269907)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-10-10 15:02:52.000
Flux: 18.96 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-10-06 15:28:48
Limiting flux: 18.28 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/2016hmp