TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 9413 [ 2017TNSTR.230....1T ]
Date Received (UTC): 2017-02-23 10:52:46
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 2017bhy
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS17bez
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 05:57:49.561 (89.456506) DEC = +42:36:41.74 (42.611594)
Discovery date: 2017-02-22 08:06:43.000 (JD=2457806.8379977)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-02-22 08:06:43.000
Flux: 18.01 ABMag
Filter: cyan-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-02-14 09:04:19
Limiting flux: 18.88 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/2017bhy
Date Received (UTC): 2017-02-23 10:52:46
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 2017bhy
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS17bez
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 05:57:49.561 (89.456506) DEC = +42:36:41.74 (42.611594)
Discovery date: 2017-02-22 08:06:43.000 (JD=2457806.8379977)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-02-22 08:06:43.000
Flux: 18.01 ABMag
Filter: cyan-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-02-14 09:04:19
Limiting flux: 18.88 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/2017bhy