TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 7458 [ 2016TNSTR1082....1T ]
Date Received (UTC): 2016-12-25 02:26:04
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: AT 2016jao
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS16ece
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:01:57.570 (15.489874) DEC = +29:07:31.72 (29.125478)
Discovery date: 2016-12-23 06:40:19.000 (JD=2457745.7779977)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-12-23 06:40:19.000
Flux: 18.11 ABMag
Filter: cyan-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-12-15 07:19:12
Limiting flux: 18.76 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/2016jao
Date Received (UTC): 2016-12-25 02:26:04
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: AT 2016jao
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS16ece
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:01:57.570 (15.489874) DEC = +29:07:31.72 (29.125478)
Discovery date: 2016-12-23 06:40:19.000 (JD=2457745.7779977)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-12-23 06:40:19.000
Flux: 18.11 ABMag
Filter: cyan-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-12-15 07:19:12
Limiting flux: 18.76 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/2016jao