TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 11600 [ 2017TNSTR.566....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-05-19 20:25:04
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 2017eea
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS17fop
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 12:23:54.193 (185.975805) DEC = +09:07:27.81 (9.1243925)
Discovery date: 2017-05-19 09:27:21.000 (JD=2457892.8939931)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-05-19 09:27:21.000
Flux: 18.61 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-05-13 08:25:26
Limiting flux: 18.4 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-01
Telescope: ATLAS Mauna Loa


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2017eea