TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 9112 [ 2017TNSTR.205....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-02-19 02:25:02
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: SN 2017axg
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS17bcb
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 12:36:30.728 (189.128033913) DEC = +51:38:40.11 (51.644473913)
Discovery date: 2017-02-02 12:46:04.000 (JD=2457787.0319907)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-02-02 12:46:04.000
Flux: 18.99 ABMag
Filter: cyan-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-01-29 14:08:09
Limiting flux: 19.84 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/2017axg