TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 11790 [ 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 2017ekg
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS17fxx
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:04:10.296 (256.042901818) DEC = +02:20:53.59 (2.34821818182)
Discovery date: 2017-05-27 12:37:26.000 (JD=2457901.0259954)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-05-27 12:37:26.000
Flux: 19.03 ABMag
Filter: cyan-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-05-27 12:20:09
Limiting flux: 19.6 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/2017ekg