Discovery certificate for object 2021cmt
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 99031 [ 2021TNSTR.410....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2021-02-10 16:20:41
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, M. Fulton, J. Gillanders, C. Webb (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 2021cmt
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS21ejy
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 08:40:31.323 (130.1305125) DEC = +05:01:36.85 (5.0269025)
Discovery date: 2021-02-06 10:16:19.200 (JD=2459251.928)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2021-02-06 10:16:19.200
Flux: 19.503 ABMag
Filter: cyan-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2021-02-01 11:25:26
Limiting flux: 19.2 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2021cmt