TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 10207 [ 2017TNSTR.340....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-03-23 16:03:02
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 2017cjd
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS17dbm
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:50:30.174 (177.625726) DEC = -18:35:44.96 (-18.595822)
Discovery date: 2017-03-19 11:36:57.000 (JD=2457831.9839931)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-03-19 11:36:57.000
Flux: 18.49 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-03-11 12:37:26
Limiting flux: 17.98 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/2017cjd