TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 147476 [ 2022TNSTR1346....1T ]
Date Received (UTC): 2022-05-19 00:46:05
Date made public:
Sender: ATLAS_Bot1
Reporting Group: ATLAS Discovery Data Source: ATLAS
J. Tonry, L. Denneau, H. Weiland (IfA, University of Hawaii), N. Erasmus, W. Koorts (South African Astronomical Observatory), J. Anderson (ESO), A. Jordan, V. Suc (UAI, Obstech), K. W. Smith, S. Srivastav, D. R. Young, S. J. Smartt, J. Gillanders, M. Fulton, M. McCollum, T. Moore (Queen's University Belfast), L. Shingles (GSI/QUB), A. Rest (STScI), T.-W. Chen (Stockholm), M. Nicholl (Birmingham), C. Stubbs (Harvard) report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.
IAU Designation: AT 2022kcj
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS22odg
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:00:24.081 (0.100336315789) DEC = +58:37:53.48 (58.6315210526)
Discovery date: 2022-05-18 14:09:50.688 (JD=2459718.09017)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2022-05-18 14:09:50.688
Flux: 16.067 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-01
Telescope: ATLAS Mauna Loa
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2022-02-25 05:45:46
Limiting flux: 18.89 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/2022kcj
Date Received (UTC): 2022-05-19 00:46:05
Date made public:
Sender: ATLAS_Bot1
Reporting Group: ATLAS Discovery Data Source: ATLAS
J. Tonry, L. Denneau, H. Weiland (IfA, University of Hawaii), N. Erasmus, W. Koorts (South African Astronomical Observatory), J. Anderson (ESO), A. Jordan, V. Suc (UAI, Obstech), K. W. Smith, S. Srivastav, D. R. Young, S. J. Smartt, J. Gillanders, M. Fulton, M. McCollum, T. Moore (Queen's University Belfast), L. Shingles (GSI/QUB), A. Rest (STScI), T.-W. Chen (Stockholm), M. Nicholl (Birmingham), C. Stubbs (Harvard) report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.
IAU Designation: AT 2022kcj
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS22odg
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:00:24.081 (0.100336315789) DEC = +58:37:53.48 (58.6315210526)
Discovery date: 2022-05-18 14:09:50.688 (JD=2459718.09017)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2022-05-18 14:09:50.688
Flux: 16.067 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-01
Telescope: ATLAS Mauna Loa
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2022-02-25 05:45:46
Limiting flux: 18.89 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/2022kcj