TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 9250 [ 2017TNSTR.217....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-02-21 12:36:02
Date made public:
Sender: ATLAS_Bot1
Reporting Group: ATLAS     Discovery Data Source: ATLAS

J. Tonry, B. Stalder, L. Denneau, A. Heinze, H. Weiland (IfA, University of Hawaii), A. Rest (STScI), K.W. Smith, S. J. Smartt (Queen's University Belfast) report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2016jhg
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS17bdj
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 12:12:16.911 (183.070463333) DEC = -03:25:59.44 (-3.43317777778)
Discovery date: 2016-03-13 13:26:24.000 (JD=2457461.06)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-03-13 13:26:24.000
Flux: 19.2 ABMag
Filter: cyan-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-03-13 12:20:09
Limiting flux: 19.62 ABMag
Filter: cyan-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2016jhg