TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 11401 [ 2017TNSTR.530....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-05-07 15:03:03
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: AT 2017dxg
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS17fbg
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:22:19.473 (140.581138) DEC = -21:00:27.49 (-21.007636)
Discovery date: 2017-04-28 08:16:47.000 (JD=2457871.8449884)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-04-28 08:16:47.000
Flux: 18.65 ABMag
Filter: cyan-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-04-20 09:07:12
Limiting flux: 18.59 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/2017dxg