TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 11764 [ 2017TNSTR.605....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-05-29 18:45:02
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 2017ejj
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS17ftt
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:06:27.273 (211.613639048) DEC = -03:36:44.03 (-3.61223095238)
Discovery date: 2017-05-15 12:18:43.000 (JD=2457889.0129977)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-05-15 12:18:43.000
Flux: 18.73 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-05-13 11:29:45
Limiting flux: 18.3 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/2017ejj