TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 11631 [ 2017TNSTR.576....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-05-22 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 2017eez
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS17fpv
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:05:23.778 (136.349076) DEC = +25:56:37.99 (25.943886)
Discovery date: 2017-05-16 06:51:50.000 (JD=2457889.7859954)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-05-16 06:51:50.000
Flux: 19.29 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-05-16 06:27:21
Limiting flux: 19.03 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/2017eez