TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 11798 [ 2017TNSTR.619....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-06-02 16:00:02
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 2017eko
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS17glw
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 20:57:15.024 (314.3126) DEC = +28:31:10.25 (28.5195133333)
Discovery date: 2017-06-01 12:04:19.000 (JD=2457906.0029977)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-06-01 12:04:19.000
Flux: 18.26 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-11-21 05:48:28
Limiting flux: 18.46 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/2017eko