TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 12427 [ 2017TNSTR.749....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-07-10 15:03:03
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 2017ffl
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS17ikp
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:57:49.511 (359.456294545) DEC = -16:43:37.03 (-16.7269536364)
Discovery date: 2017-07-04 14:19:40.000 (JD=2457939.0969907)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-07-04 14:19:40.000
Flux: 18.64 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-01
Telescope: ATLAS Mauna Loa

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-06-07 14:12:28
Limiting flux: 18.69 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/2017ffl