TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 9251 [ 2017TNSTR.217....1T ]
Date Received (UTC): 2017-02-21 12:36:02
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 2017bcd
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS17bdk
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:59:50.586 (149.960774286) DEC = -20:59:37.53 (-20.9937571429)
Discovery date: 2017-02-15 11:15:21.000 (JD=2457799.9689931)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-02-15 11:15:21.000
Flux: 18.35 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-02-03 12:59:02
Limiting flux: 19.79 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/2017bcd
Date Received (UTC): 2017-02-21 12:36:02
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 2017bcd
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS17bdk
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:59:50.586 (149.960774286) DEC = -20:59:37.53 (-20.9937571429)
Discovery date: 2017-02-15 11:15:21.000 (JD=2457799.9689931)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-02-15 11:15:21.000
Flux: 18.35 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-02-03 12:59:02
Limiting flux: 19.79 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/2017bcd