TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 11531 [ 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 2017ebn
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS17fgr
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:27:07.094 (156.779556667) DEC = +08:38:32.35 (8.64231833333)
Discovery date: 2017-05-11 08:03:50.000 (JD=2457884.8359954)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-05-11 08:03:50.000
Flux: 18.32 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-05-10 08:49:55
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/2017ebn