TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 79667 [ 2020TNSTR2459....1T ]
Date Received (UTC): 2020-08-12 07:35:54
Date made public:
Sender: 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 2020rdg
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS20vmx
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:36:03.779 (204.015745) DEC = -14:53:58.60 (-14.89961)
Discovery date: 2020-08-11 05:51:21.600 (JD=2459072.744)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-08-11 05:51:21.600
Flux: 18.539 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-01
Telescope: ATLAS Mauna Loa
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-08-03 06:41:46
Limiting flux: 18.51 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/2020rdg
Date Received (UTC): 2020-08-12 07:35:54
Date made public:
Sender: 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 2020rdg
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS20vmx
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:36:03.779 (204.015745) DEC = -14:53:58.60 (-14.89961)
Discovery date: 2020-08-11 05:51:21.600 (JD=2459072.744)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-08-11 05:51:21.600
Flux: 18.539 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-01
Telescope: ATLAS Mauna Loa
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-08-03 06:41:46
Limiting flux: 18.51 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/2020rdg