TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 11536 [ 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 2017ebs
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS17fgv
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:14:18.102 (168.575426667) DEC = +24:20:27.60 (24.341)
Discovery date: 2017-05-16 08:12:28.000 (JD=2457889.8419907)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-05-16 08:12:28.000
Flux: 19.32 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-05-16 07:42:14
Limiting flux: 19.13 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/2017ebs