TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 70858 [ 2020TNSTR1348....1T ]
Date Received (UTC): 2020-05-15 23:38:23
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 2020kbc
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS20mjo
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:56:59.253 (254.246887273) DEC = +05:32:28.65 (5.54129181818)
Discovery date: 2020-05-15 12:40:19.200 (JD=2458985.028)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-05-15 12:40:19.200
Flux: 19.765 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-01
Telescope: ATLAS Mauna Loa
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-05-14 11:00:58
Limiting flux: 19.77 ABMag
Filter: cyan-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala
Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2020kbc
Date Received (UTC): 2020-05-15 23:38:23
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 2020kbc
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS20mjo
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:56:59.253 (254.246887273) DEC = +05:32:28.65 (5.54129181818)
Discovery date: 2020-05-15 12:40:19.200 (JD=2458985.028)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-05-15 12:40:19.200
Flux: 19.765 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-01
Telescope: ATLAS Mauna Loa
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-05-14 11:00:58
Limiting flux: 19.77 ABMag
Filter: cyan-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala
Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2020kbc