TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 11619 [ 2017TNSTR.573....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-05-21 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 2017eeo
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS17fpi
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 18:12:03.446 (273.01436) DEC = +33:53:11.55 (33.8865428571)
Discovery date: 2017-05-19 14:49:55.000 (JD=2457893.1179977)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-05-19 14:49:55.000
Flux: 17.81 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-01
Telescope: ATLAS Mauna Loa

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-05-18 14:45:36
Limiting flux: 18.51 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/2017eeo