TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 12063 [ 2017TNSTR.661....1T ]
Date Received (UTC): 2017-06-16 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 2017etc
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS17hbl
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:20:30.518 (170.127156667) DEC = -05:50:27.26 (-5.840905)
Discovery date: 2017-06-15 07:07:40.000 (JD=2457919.7969907)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-06-15 07:07:40.000
Flux: 18.41 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-01
Telescope: ATLAS Mauna Loa
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-06-12 08:29:45
Limiting flux: 17.28 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala
Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2017etc
Date Received (UTC): 2017-06-16 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 2017etc
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS17hbl
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:20:30.518 (170.127156667) DEC = -05:50:27.26 (-5.840905)
Discovery date: 2017-06-15 07:07:40.000 (JD=2457919.7969907)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-06-15 07:07:40.000
Flux: 18.41 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-01
Telescope: ATLAS Mauna Loa
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-06-12 08:29:45
Limiting flux: 17.28 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala
Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2017etc