TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 11535 [ 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 2017ebr
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS17fgy
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:18:41.273 (244.671971111) DEC = +32:05:37.69 (32.0938033333)
Discovery date: 2017-05-14 12:44:38.000 (JD=2457888.0309954)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-05-14 12:44:38.000
Flux: 18.03 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-01
Telescope: ATLAS Mauna Loa

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-04-10 11:39:50
Limiting flux: 16.98 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/2017ebr