TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 85253 [ 2020TNSTR3088....1T ]
Date Received (UTC): 2020-10-12 22:47:56
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 2020wcu
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS20bcjv
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:20:11.041 (260.0460025) DEC = -04:50:39.58 (-4.8443275)
Discovery date: 2020-10-04 05:02:24.000 (JD=2459126.71)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-10-04 05:02:24.000
Flux: 18.723 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-09-30 07:24:58
Limiting flux: 18.38 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/2020wcu
Date Received (UTC): 2020-10-12 22:47:56
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 2020wcu
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS20bcjv
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:20:11.041 (260.0460025) DEC = -04:50:39.58 (-4.8443275)
Discovery date: 2020-10-04 05:02:24.000 (JD=2459126.71)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-10-04 05:02:24.000
Flux: 18.723 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-09-30 07:24:58
Limiting flux: 18.38 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/2020wcu