TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 11530 [ 2017TNSTR.557....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-05-16 16:00:05
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 2017ebm
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS17fgh
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:23:19.102 (200.8295925) DEC = -19:37:17.07 (-19.6214075)
Discovery date: 2017-05-13 09:34:33.000 (JD=2457886.8989931)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-05-13 09:34:33.000
Flux: 17.58 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-01
Telescope: ATLAS Mauna Loa

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-05-06 11:41:16
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/2017ebm