TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 56079 [ 2019TNSTR2717....1T ]
Date Received (UTC): 2019-12-28 10:56:20
Date made public:
Sender: ATLAS_Bot1
Reporting Group: ATLAS Discovery Data Source: ATLAS
J. Tonry, L. Denneau, A. Heinze, H. Weiland, H. Flewelling (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) report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.
IAU Designation: AT 2019yfx
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS19bedc
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:30:44.839 (202.68682875) DEC = -13:25:37.21 (-13.4270025)
Discovery date: 2019-12-27 13:24:57.000 (JD=2458845.0589931)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-12-27 13:24:57.000
Flux: 18.241 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-01
Telescope: ATLAS Mauna Loa
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-12-09 15:57:36
Limiting flux: 17 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/2019yfx
Date Received (UTC): 2019-12-28 10:56:20
Date made public:
Sender: ATLAS_Bot1
Reporting Group: ATLAS Discovery Data Source: ATLAS
J. Tonry, L. Denneau, A. Heinze, H. Weiland, H. Flewelling (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) report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.
IAU Designation: AT 2019yfx
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS19bedc
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:30:44.839 (202.68682875) DEC = -13:25:37.21 (-13.4270025)
Discovery date: 2019-12-27 13:24:57.000 (JD=2458845.0589931)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-12-27 13:24:57.000
Flux: 18.241 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-01
Telescope: ATLAS Mauna Loa
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-12-09 15:57:36
Limiting flux: 17 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/2019yfx