TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 11789 [ 2017TNSTR.617....1T ]
Date Received (UTC): 2017-06-01 13:55:02
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 2017ekf
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS17fxw
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:53:51.071 (148.462793846) DEC = -12:41:47.36 (-12.6964884615)
Discovery date: 2017-05-26 06:14:24.000 (JD=2457899.76)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-05-26 06:14:24.000
Flux: 18.35 ABMag
Filter: cyan-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-05-22 08:06:43
Limiting flux: 18.95 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/2017ekf
Date Received (UTC): 2017-06-01 13:55:02
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 2017ekf
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS17fxw
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:53:51.071 (148.462793846) DEC = -12:41:47.36 (-12.6964884615)
Discovery date: 2017-05-26 06:14:24.000 (JD=2457899.76)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-05-26 06:14:24.000
Flux: 18.35 ABMag
Filter: cyan-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-05-22 08:06:43
Limiting flux: 18.95 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/2017ekf