TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 11786 [ 2017TNSTR.617....1T ]
Date Received (UTC): 2017-06-01 12:12:03
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 2017ekc
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS17fxl
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:30:29.044 (172.6210175) DEC = +54:10:37.84 (54.17717875)
Discovery date: 2017-05-18 07:14:52.000 (JD=2457891.8019907)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-05-18 07:14:52.000
Flux: 18.88 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-01
Telescope: ATLAS Mauna Loa
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-05-14 07:36:28
Limiting flux: 18.77 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/2017ekc
Date Received (UTC): 2017-06-01 12:12:03
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 2017ekc
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS17fxl
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:30:29.044 (172.6210175) DEC = +54:10:37.84 (54.17717875)
Discovery date: 2017-05-18 07:14:52.000 (JD=2457891.8019907)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-05-18 07:14:52.000
Flux: 18.88 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-01
Telescope: ATLAS Mauna Loa
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-05-14 07:36:28
Limiting flux: 18.77 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/2017ekc