TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 10966 [ 2017TNSTR.478....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-04-25 15:03:02
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 2017dht
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS17etw
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:27:06.821 (141.77842) DEC = +12:42:03.52 (12.7009775)
Discovery date: 2017-04-22 09:12:57.000 (JD=2457865.8839931)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-04-22 09:12:57.000
Flux: 18.78 ABMag
Filter: cyan-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-04-05 09:00:00
Limiting flux: 18.2 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/2017dht