TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 10987 [ 2017TNSTR.482....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-04-26 22:42:03
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 2017dio
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS17evm
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:36:27.765 (174.115686667) DEC = +18:17:46.92 (18.2963666667)
Discovery date: 2017-04-26 11:44:09.000 (JD=2457869.9889931)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-04-26 11:44:09.000
Flux: 18.29 ABMag
Filter: cyan-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-03-29 10:17:45
Limiting flux: 19.6 ABMag
Filter: cyan-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2017dio