Discovery certificate for object 2019aafv
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 84335 [ 2020TNSTR3053....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-10-08 15:55:39
Sender: ATLAS (ATLAS_Bot1)
Reporting Group: ATLAS     Discovery Data Source: ATLAS

J. Tonry, L. Denneau, A. Heinze, H. Weiland (IfA, University of Hawaii), B. Stalder (LSST), A. Rest (STScI), C. Stubbs (Harvard University), K. W. Smith, S. J. Smartt, D. R. Young, S. Srivastav, O. McBrien, D. O'Neill, P. Clark, M. Fulton, J. Gillanders, M. Dobson (Queen's University Belfast), T.-W. Chen (MPE), D. E. Wright (University of Minnesota), J. Anderson (ESO), A. Townsend (University of Manchester) report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2019aafv
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS20zug
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:22:57.932 (350.741383889) DEC = -37:33:36.19 (-37.5600522222)
Discovery date: 2019-08-22 10:50:52.800 (JD=2458717.952)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-08-22 10:50:52.800
Flux: 17.695 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-08-20 12:23:02
Limiting flux: 18.41 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-01
Telescope: ATLAS Mauna Loa


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2019aafv