Discovery certificate for object 2016ajc
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 1014 [ 2016TNSTR.124....1B ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-02-17 16:27:12
Sender: Dr. David Young
Reporting Group: LSQ     Discovery Data Source: LSQ

C. Baltay, N. Ellman, E. Hadjiyska, R. McKinnon, D. Rabinowitz, S. Rostami (Yale University), U. Feindt, M. Kowalski (Universitat Bonn), P. Nugent (LBL Berkeley) report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2016ajc
Discoverer internal name: LSQ16ou
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:14:26.642 (228.61100763) DEC = -19:59:32.87 (-19.9924646275)
Discovery date: 2016-02-11 07:09:24.000 (JD=2457429.7981944)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-02-11 07:09:24.000
Flux: 19.1383 ABMag
Filter: gr-LSQ
Instrument: QUEST
Telescope: ESO 1-m Schmidt telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-02-09 09:02:44
Limiting flux: 21.5 ABMag
Filter: gr-LSQ
Instrument: QUEST
Telescope: ESO 1-m Schmidt telescope


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2016ajc