TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 11672 [ 2017TNSTR.586....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-05-24 22:42:04
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 2017egf
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS17fqm
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 12:17:01.853 (184.25771875) DEC = +40:09:10.72 (40.1529775)
Discovery date: 2017-05-18 07:33:36.000 (JD=2457891.815)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-05-18 07:33:36.000
Flux: 18.86 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-01
Telescope: ATLAS Mauna Loa

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-04-27 11:32:38
Limiting flux: 19.48 ABMag
Filter: cyan-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2017egf