Discovery certificate for object 2016hnl
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 6252 [ 2016TNSTR.839....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-10-28 00:30:04
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 2016hnl
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS16dou
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 06:04:59.048 (91.246035) DEC = -33:24:40.01 (-33.4111133333)
Discovery date: 2016-10-14 15:01:26.000 (JD=2457676.1259954)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-10-14 15:01:26.000
Flux: 18.13 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-04-14 05:47:02
Limiting flux: 18.21 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/2016hnl