TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 11620 [ 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 2017eep
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS17fpk
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:40:03.349 (160.013955) DEC = -22:58:07.62 (-22.9687825)
Discovery date: 2017-05-20 05:45:36.000 (JD=2457893.74)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-05-20 05:45:36.000
Flux: 17.92 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-01
Telescope: ATLAS Mauna Loa
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-05-13 07:03:21
Limiting flux: 18.45 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/2017eep
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 2017eep
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS17fpk
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:40:03.349 (160.013955) DEC = -22:58:07.62 (-22.9687825)
Discovery date: 2017-05-20 05:45:36.000 (JD=2457893.74)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-05-20 05:45:36.000
Flux: 17.92 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-01
Telescope: ATLAS Mauna Loa
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-05-13 07:03:21
Limiting flux: 18.45 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/2017eep