TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 86813 [ 2020TNSTR3184....1T ]
Date Received (UTC): 2020-10-20 20:12:55
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 2020xqc
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS20beab
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:09:39.999 (347.416662) DEC = -16:06:02.74 (-16.100762)
Discovery date: 2020-10-20 07:43:40.800 (JD=2459142.822)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-10-20 07:43:40.800
Flux: 19.575 ABMag
Filter: cyan-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-10-17 08:52:48
Limiting flux: 18.37 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/2020xqc
Date Received (UTC): 2020-10-20 20:12:55
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 2020xqc
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS20beab
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:09:39.999 (347.416662) DEC = -16:06:02.74 (-16.100762)
Discovery date: 2020-10-20 07:43:40.800 (JD=2459142.822)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-10-20 07:43:40.800
Flux: 19.575 ABMag
Filter: cyan-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-10-17 08:52:48
Limiting flux: 18.37 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/2020xqc