TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 84777 [ 2020TNSTR3075....1T ]
Date Received (UTC): 2020-10-10 23:47:32
Sender: ATLAS (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 2020vqh
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS20bdcc
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:49:58.201 (12.4925025) DEC = -16:54:02.49 (-16.9006925)
Discovery date: 2020-10-09 10:17:45.600 (JD=2459131.929)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-10-09 10:17:45.600
Flux: 19.405 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ACAM1
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-10-08 11:03:50
Limiting flux: 19.35 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ACAM1
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala
Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2020vqh
Date Received (UTC): 2020-10-10 23:47:32
Sender: ATLAS (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 2020vqh
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS20bdcc
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:49:58.201 (12.4925025) DEC = -16:54:02.49 (-16.9006925)
Discovery date: 2020-10-09 10:17:45.600 (JD=2459131.929)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-10-09 10:17:45.600
Flux: 19.405 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ACAM1
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-10-08 11:03:50
Limiting flux: 19.35 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ACAM1
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala
Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2020vqh