Discovery certificate for object 2016gfv
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 5255 [ 2016TNSTR.667....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-09-12 23:50:26
Sender: ATLAS (ATLAS_Bot1)
Reporting Group: ATLAS     Discovery Data Source: ATLAS

J. Tonry, L. Denneau, B. Stalder, A. Heinze, A. Sherstyuk (IfA, University of Hawaii), A. Rest (STScI), K. W. Smith, S. J. Smartt (Queen's University Belfast) report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2016gfv
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS16csa
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 03:28:44.917 (52.187155) DEC = -13:52:08.02 (-13.8688933333)
Discovery date: 2016-09-08 14:51:21.000 (JD=2457640.1189931)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-09-08 14:51:21.000
Flux: 17.65 ABMag
Filter: cyan-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-09-08 14:34:04
Limiting flux: 19.72 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/2016gfv