TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 9316 [ 2017TNSTR.217....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-02-21 19:45:14
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 2017bek
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS17bdt
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 05:49:19.346 (87.33061) DEC = -33:18:50.31 (-33.3139755556)
Discovery date: 2017-01-18 09:14:24.000 (JD=2457771.885)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-01-18 09:14:24.000
Flux: 18.57 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-01-18 09:11:31
Limiting flux: 19.06 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/2017bek