TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 64877 [ 2020TNSTR.863....1T ]
Date Received (UTC): 2020-03-24 14:18:23
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 2020exf
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS20irn
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 08:44:07.313 (131.030471111) DEC = +52:03:29.63 (52.05823)
Discovery date: 2020-03-24 09:27:21.600 (JD=2458932.894)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-03-24 09:27:21.600
Flux: 18.777 ABMag
Filter: cyan-ATLAS
Instrument: ACAM1
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-03-14 12:36:00
Limiting flux: 13.71 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ACAM1
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala
Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2020exf
Date Received (UTC): 2020-03-24 14:18:23
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 2020exf
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS20irn
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 08:44:07.313 (131.030471111) DEC = +52:03:29.63 (52.05823)
Discovery date: 2020-03-24 09:27:21.600 (JD=2458932.894)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-03-24 09:27:21.600
Flux: 18.777 ABMag
Filter: cyan-ATLAS
Instrument: ACAM1
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-03-14 12:36:00
Limiting flux: 13.71 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ACAM1
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala
Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2020exf