TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 57587 [ 2020TNSTR..29....1T ]
Date Received (UTC): 2020-01-03 00:54:59
Sender: ATLAS (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 2020cf
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS20alu
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:42:47.681 (205.698668889) DEC = +37:44:31.02 (37.74195)
Discovery date: 2020-01-02 14:44:09.000 (JD=2458851.1139931)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-01-02 14:44:09.000
Flux: 19.731 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-01
Telescope: ATLAS Mauna Loa
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-01-01 16:03:21
Limiting flux: 19.1 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/2020cf
Date Received (UTC): 2020-01-03 00:54:59
Sender: ATLAS (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 2020cf
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS20alu
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:42:47.681 (205.698668889) DEC = +37:44:31.02 (37.74195)
Discovery date: 2020-01-02 14:44:09.000 (JD=2458851.1139931)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-01-02 14:44:09.000
Flux: 19.731 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-01
Telescope: ATLAS Mauna Loa
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-01-01 16:03:21
Limiting flux: 19.1 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/2020cf