TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 7454 [ 2016TNSTR1082....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-12-25 00:21:02
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 2016jal
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS16ebo
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 22:18:36.617 (334.652572) DEC = +40:49:20.25 (40.822292)
Discovery date: 2016-12-24 04:58:04.000 (JD=2457746.7069907)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-12-24 04:58:04.000
Flux: 14.79 ABMag
Filter: cyan-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-11-26 07:16:19
Limiting flux: 19.48 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/2016jal