TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 11673 [ 2017TNSTR.590....1T ]
Date Received (UTC): 2017-05-25 05:30:02
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 2017egg
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS17fse
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:57:33.805 (164.390854) DEC = -16:45:44.10 (-16.76225)
Discovery date: 2017-05-20 05:55:40.000 (JD=2457893.7469907)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-05-20 05:55:40.000
Flux: 18.77 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-01
Telescope: ATLAS Mauna Loa
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-05-14 08:49:55
Limiting flux: 18.38 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/2017egg
Date Received (UTC): 2017-05-25 05:30:02
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 2017egg
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS17fse
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:57:33.805 (164.390854) DEC = -16:45:44.10 (-16.76225)
Discovery date: 2017-05-20 05:55:40.000 (JD=2457893.7469907)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-05-20 05:55:40.000
Flux: 18.77 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-01
Telescope: ATLAS Mauna Loa
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-05-14 08:49:55
Limiting flux: 18.38 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/2017egg