TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 5611 [ 2016TNSTR.731....1T ]
Date Received (UTC): 2016-09-29 22:11:03
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 2016gsj
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS16dad
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 18:41:21.944 (280.341432) DEC = +45:29:35.00 (45.493056)
Discovery date: 2016-09-29 06:25:55.000 (JD=2457660.7679977)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-09-29 06:25:55.000
Flux: 18.19 ABMag
Filter: cyan-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-09-21 07:58:04
Limiting flux: 19.44 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/2016gsj
Date Received (UTC): 2016-09-29 22:11:03
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 2016gsj
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS16dad
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 18:41:21.944 (280.341432) DEC = +45:29:35.00 (45.493056)
Discovery date: 2016-09-29 06:25:55.000 (JD=2457660.7679977)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-09-29 06:25:55.000
Flux: 18.19 ABMag
Filter: cyan-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-09-21 07:58:04
Limiting flux: 19.44 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/2016gsj