ATLAS discoveries of optical transients
ATel #9369; 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 11 Aug 2016; 16:31 UT
Distributed as an Instant Email Notice Supernovae
Credential Certification: Ken Smith (k.w.smith@qub.ac.uk)
Subjects: Optical, Supernovae, Transient
We report the following transients found by the ATLAS survey (see Tonry et al. ATel #8680). ATLAS is a twin 0.5m telescope system on Haleakala and Mauna Loa. The first unit is operational on Haleakala is robotically surveying the sky. Two filters are used, cyan and orange (denoted c and o, all mags in AB system), more information is on http://www.fallingstar.com. All transients have been registered with the IAU.
Host galaxy identifications and redshifts are from NED or the Pan-STARRS1 3Pi image stack, and absolute magnitude calculations include an estimate of Milky Way foreground extinction at the filter wavelength.
Name | ATLAS Name | RA (J2000) | Dec (J2000) | Disc. MJD | Disc. Date | Disc Mag | z | Notes
AT2016evq | ATLAS16cdp | 20:02:17.07 | +56:23:03.4 | 57598.42 | 20160729.42 | 17.58 o | | 1.
AT2016ete | ATLAS16cdo | 01:26:02.08 | -15:02:19.0 | 57602.59 | 20160802.59 | 19.35 c | | 2.
1. NED reports that the likely host (2.8 arcsec away) is 2MFGC 15274.
2. NED reports that the likely host (4.8 arcsec away) is 2MASX J01260222-1502143.
