TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 9111 [ 2017TNSTR.200....1T ]
Date Received (UTC): 2017-02-18 22:10:07
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 2017axf
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS17bbv
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:08:37.034 (197.154308) DEC = +56:04:48.06 (56.080016)
Discovery date: 2017-02-18 13:00:28.000 (JD=2457803.0419907)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-02-18 13:00:28.000
Flux: 18.09 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-02-14 13:06:14
Limiting flux: 18.84 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/2017axf
Date Received (UTC): 2017-02-18 22:10:07
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 2017axf
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS17bbv
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:08:37.034 (197.154308) DEC = +56:04:48.06 (56.080016)
Discovery date: 2017-02-18 13:00:28.000 (JD=2457803.0419907)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-02-18 13:00:28.000
Flux: 18.09 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-02-14 13:06:14
Limiting flux: 18.84 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/2017axf