TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 7126 [ 2016TNSTR.969....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-11-29 15:03:04
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: SN 2016ijj
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS16dys
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:55:23.550 (28.848126) DEC = +21:17:10.05 (21.286126)
Discovery date: 2016-11-29 08:39:50.000 (JD=2457721.8609954)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-11-29 08:39:50.000
Flux: 18.19 ABMag
Filter: cyan-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-11-09 10:37:55
Limiting flux: 19.13 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/2016ijj