ATLAS discovery and classification of an optical transient
ATel #8792; 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)
on 9 Mar 2016; 18:19 UT
Distributed as an Instant Email Notice Supernovae
Credential Certification: Brian Stalder (stalder@ifa.hawaii.edu)
Subjects: Optical, Supernovae, Transient
Referred to by ATel #: 8805
We report the following transients found by the ATLAS survey (see Tonry et al. ATel 8680). Information on all objects discovered by the ATLAS is available at ?http://fallingstar.com. ATLAS is a twin 0.5m telescope system on Haleakala and Mauna Loa, surveying up to 60,000 square degrees per night.
Name | ATLAS name | RA (J2000) | Dec (J2000) | Disc. Date | Disc Mag | z | Type | Phase | Notes
SN2016auf | ATLAS16ads | 03:09:50.70 | +33:39:01.7 | 2015-03-04.3 | 17.66 | 0.03 |SNIa-norm| ~+8d |
Mores details and lightcurve data are available from ?http://fallingstar.com and links therein.
