TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 8546 [ 2017TNSTR.154....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-02-05 22:10:02
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 2017adh
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS17awv
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 12:11:11.278 (182.79699) DEC = +05:05:36.03 (5.09334142857)
Discovery date: 2017-01-31 14:47:02.000 (JD=2457785.1159954)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-01-31 14:47:02.000
Flux: 18.86 ABMag
Filter: cyan-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-01-27 15:46:04
Limiting flux: 19.76 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/2017adh