Discovery certificate for object 2016hsw
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 6469 [ 2016TNSTR.880....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-11-04 22:37:03
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 2016hsw
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS16dsr
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 03:50:36.437 (57.65182) DEC = +13:54:50.96 (13.914155)
Discovery date: 2016-11-04 12:41:45.000 (JD=2457697.0289931)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-11-04 12:41:45.000
Flux: 18.05 ABMag
Filter: cyan-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-10-27 14:26:52
Limiting flux: 19.26 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/2016hsw