TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 9104 [ 2017TNSTR.200....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-02-18 11:42:03
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: SN 2017awz
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS17bas
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:07:35.487 (166.897863333) DEC = +22:51:04.57 (22.85127)
Discovery date: 2017-02-17 11:29:45.000 (JD=2457801.9789931)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-02-17 11:29:45.000
Flux: 16.92 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-02-05 12:47:31
Limiting flux: 19.43 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2017awz