TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 11893 [ 2017TNSTR.631....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-06-06 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 2017enk
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS17gpg
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:38:41.384 (174.672433077) DEC = -14:42:20.20 (-14.7056119231)
Discovery date: 2017-05-26 07:37:55.000 (JD=2457899.8179977)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-05-26 07:37:55.000
Flux: 19.06 ABMag
Filter: cyan-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-05-24 07:00:28
Limiting flux: 18.69 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/2017enk