TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 7709 [ 2017TNSTR..33....1S ]
Date Received (UTC): 2017-01-07 03:05:39
Date made public:
Sender: Weikang Zheng
Reporting Group: LOSS Discovery Data Source: LOSS
Haynes F. Stephens, WeiKang Zheng, Alexei V. Filippenko (UC Berkeley) report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.
IAU Designation: AT 2017be
Discoverer internal name: kait-17A
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 08:13:13.380 (123.30575) DEC = +45:59:29.54 (45.991539)
Discovery date: 2017-01-06 12:11:24.000 (JD=2457760.0079167)
Potential host galaxy: NGC 2537
Host redshift: 0.001491
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-01-06 12:11:24.000
Flux: 18.5 VegaMag
Filter: Clear-
Instrument: Other
Telescope: Other
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-12-29 11:29:58
Limiting flux: 18.5 VegaMag
Filter: Clear-
Instrument: Other
Telescope: Other
Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2017be
Date Received (UTC): 2017-01-07 03:05:39
Date made public:
Sender: Weikang Zheng
Reporting Group: LOSS Discovery Data Source: LOSS
Haynes F. Stephens, WeiKang Zheng, Alexei V. Filippenko (UC Berkeley) report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.
IAU Designation: AT 2017be
Discoverer internal name: kait-17A
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 08:13:13.380 (123.30575) DEC = +45:59:29.54 (45.991539)
Discovery date: 2017-01-06 12:11:24.000 (JD=2457760.0079167)
Potential host galaxy: NGC 2537
Host redshift: 0.001491
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-01-06 12:11:24.000
Flux: 18.5 VegaMag
Filter: Clear-
Instrument: Other
Telescope: Other
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-12-29 11:29:58
Limiting flux: 18.5 VegaMag
Filter: Clear-
Instrument: Other
Telescope: Other
Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2017be