Discovery certificate for object 2016gki
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 5383 [ 2016TNSTR.696....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-09-21 19:54:03
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 2016gki
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS16cxg
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:42:04.657 (250.5194025) DEC = +40:56:11.11 (40.93642)
Discovery date: 2016-09-21 05:48:28.000 (JD=2457652.7419907)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-09-21 05:48:28.000
Flux: 18.35 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-08-21 07:22:04
Limiting flux: 18.46 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/2016gki