Discovery certificate for object 2020nvx
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 75593 [ 2020TNSTR2012....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-07-02 11:51:22
Sender: ATLAS (ATLAS_Bot1)
Reporting Group: ATLAS     Discovery Data Source: ATLAS

J. Tonry, L. Denneau, A. Heinze, H. Weiland, H. Flewelling (IfA, University of Hawaii), B. Stalder (LSST), A. Rest (STScI), C. Stubbs (Harvard University), K. W. Smith, S. J. Smartt, D. R. Young, S. Srivastav, O. McBrien, D. O'Neill, P. Clark, M. Fulton, J. Gillanders, M. Dobson (Queen's University Belfast), T.-W. Chen (MPE), D. E. Wright (University of Minnesota), J. Anderson (ESO), A. Townsend (University of Manchester) report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2020nvx
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS20rxq
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:14:21.244 (18.588515) DEC = -26:38:28.03 (-26.64112)
Discovery date: 2020-07-01 14:15:21.600 (JD=2459032.094)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-07-01 14:15:21.600
Flux: 19.233 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-01
Telescope: ATLAS Mauna Loa

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-02-04 05:55:41
Limiting flux: 18.95 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-01
Telescope: ATLAS Mauna Loa


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2020nvx