Discovery certificate for object 2020tee
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 82021 [ 2020TNSTR2790....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-09-14 10:04:06
Sender: ATLAS (ATLAS_Bot1)
Reporting Group: ATLAS     Discovery Data Source: ATLAS

J. Tonry, L. Denneau, A. Heinze, H. Weiland (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 2020tee
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS20zyr
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:55:32.555 (13.885645) DEC = -19:56:48.44 (-19.9467875)
Discovery date: 2020-09-13 11:35:31.200 (JD=2459105.983)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-09-13 11:35:31.200
Flux: 19.666 ABMag
Filter: cyan-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-09-11 10:59:31
Limiting flux: 19.63 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/2020tee