TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 11782 [ 2017TNSTR.615....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-05-31 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: SN 2017ejy
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS17ftw
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:06:56.416 (241.735065385) DEC = +15:40:44.98 (15.6791603846)
Discovery date: 2017-05-26 11:28:19.000 (JD=2457899.9779977)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-05-26 11:28:19.000
Flux: 18.52 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-01
Telescope: ATLAS Mauna Loa

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-05-23 12:50:24
Limiting flux: 18.92 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/2017ejy