TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 10988 [ 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 2017dip
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS17evn
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:52:48.207 (208.200864) DEC = +12:02:22.88 (12.039688)
Discovery date: 2017-04-25 12:50:24.000 (JD=2457869.035)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-04-25 12:50:24.000
Flux: 18.31 ABMag
Filter: cyan-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-04-09 10:42:14
Limiting flux: 18.19 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/2017dip