Discovery certificate for object 2016hvl
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 6525 [ 2016TNSTR.884....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-11-05 16:47:04
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: SN 2016hvl
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS16dtf
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 06:44:02.164 (101.009016667) DEC = +12:23:47.84 (12.3966233333)
Discovery date: 2016-11-04 14:47:02.000 (JD=2457697.1159954)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-11-04 14:47:02.000
Flux: 17.37 ABMag
Filter: cyan-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-05-01 06:28:48
Limiting flux: 19.06 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/2016hvl