TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 7444 [ 2016TNSTR1077....1T ]
Date Received (UTC): 2016-12-23 21:21:02
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 2016jac
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS16ebb
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:24:02.310 (36.0096266667) DEC = -01:45:36.56 (-1.76015555556)
Discovery date: 2016-12-14 08:55:40.000 (JD=2457736.8719907)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-12-14 08:55:40.000
Flux: 18.06 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-12-14 08:36:57
Limiting flux: 18.44 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/2016jac
Date Received (UTC): 2016-12-23 21:21:02
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 2016jac
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS16ebb
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:24:02.310 (36.0096266667) DEC = -01:45:36.56 (-1.76015555556)
Discovery date: 2016-12-14 08:55:40.000 (JD=2457736.8719907)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-12-14 08:55:40.000
Flux: 18.06 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-12-14 08:36:57
Limiting flux: 18.44 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/2016jac