TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 11671 [ 2017TNSTR.586....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-05-24 18:45:04
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 2017ege
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS17fqq
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:44:34.614 (176.144225238) DEC = -05:48:38.12 (-5.81058904762)
Discovery date: 2017-05-13 07:04:48.000 (JD=2457886.795)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-05-13 07:04:48.000
Flux: 18.5 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-01
Telescope: ATLAS Mauna Loa

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-05-13 06:43:12
Limiting flux: 18.44 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/2017ege