TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 11605 [ 2017TNSTR.570....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-05-20 12:12:02
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: SN 2017eef
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS17fph
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:38:36.857 (174.653572) DEC = -09:01:47.92 (-9.029977)
Discovery date: 2017-05-11 08:21:07.000 (JD=2457884.8479977)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-05-11 08:21:07.000
Flux: 18.44 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-05-10 10:36:28
Limiting flux: 17.91 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/2017eef