TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 11534 [ 2017TNSTR.557....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-05-16 22:42:02
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 2017ebq
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS17fip
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:49:47.494 (162.44789) DEC = +51:42:44.42 (51.71234)
Discovery date: 2017-05-14 06:01:26.000 (JD=2457887.7509954)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-05-14 06:01:26.000
Flux: 19 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-01
Telescope: ATLAS Mauna Loa

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-04-19 10:22:04
Limiting flux: 18.91 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/2017ebq