TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 6546 [ 2016TNSTR.894....1T ]
Date Received (UTC): 2016-11-07 10:50:02
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 2016hwc
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS16dtz
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:25:16.526 (141.318857143) DEC = +55:34:59.51 (55.5831971429)
Discovery date: 2016-10-29 14:29:45.000 (JD=2457691.1039931)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-10-29 14:29:45.000
Flux: 19.06 ABMag
Filter: cyan-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-10-25 14:58:33
Limiting flux: 19.26 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/2016hwc
Date Received (UTC): 2016-11-07 10:50:02
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 2016hwc
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS16dtz
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:25:16.526 (141.318857143) DEC = +55:34:59.51 (55.5831971429)
Discovery date: 2016-10-29 14:29:45.000 (JD=2457691.1039931)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-10-29 14:29:45.000
Flux: 19.06 ABMag
Filter: cyan-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-10-25 14:58:33
Limiting flux: 19.26 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/2016hwc