TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 9157 [ 2017TNSTR.213....1T ]
Date Received (UTC): 2017-02-20 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 2017ayq
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS17bdb
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 03:21:16.336 (50.318066) DEC = -31:23:36.91 (-31.393586)
Discovery date: 2017-02-15 05:58:33.000 (JD=2457799.7489931)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-02-15 05:58:33.000
Flux: 18.46 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-01-30 06:23:02
Limiting flux: 19.57 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/2017ayq
Date Received (UTC): 2017-02-20 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 2017ayq
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS17bdb
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 03:21:16.336 (50.318066) DEC = -31:23:36.91 (-31.393586)
Discovery date: 2017-02-15 05:58:33.000 (JD=2457799.7489931)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-02-15 05:58:33.000
Flux: 18.46 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-01-30 06:23:02
Limiting flux: 19.57 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/2017ayq