TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 11543 [ 2017TNSTR.560....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-05-17 09:50:02
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 2017ebz
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS17fkc
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:56:10.981 (254.045753333) DEC = +48:55:35.10 (48.9264166667)
Discovery date: 2017-05-14 13:10:33.000 (JD=2457888.0489931)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-05-14 13:10:33.000
Flux: 18.08 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-01
Telescope: ATLAS Mauna Loa

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-05-09 12:59:02
Limiting flux: 18.73 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/2017ebz