TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 12696 [ 2017TNSTR.787....1T ]
Date Received (UTC): 2017-07-21 16:00:02
Sender: ATLAS (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 2017fox
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS17ivj
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:20:44.191 (215.18413) DEC = +35:55:23.29 (35.923135)
Discovery date: 2017-07-21 06:01:26.000 (JD=2457955.7509954)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-07-21 06:01:26.000
Flux: 18.65 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ACAM1
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-07-19 06:47:31
Limiting flux: 18.79 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ACAM1
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala
Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2017fox
Date Received (UTC): 2017-07-21 16:00:02
Sender: ATLAS (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 2017fox
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS17ivj
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:20:44.191 (215.18413) DEC = +35:55:23.29 (35.923135)
Discovery date: 2017-07-21 06:01:26.000 (JD=2457955.7509954)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-07-21 06:01:26.000
Flux: 18.65 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ACAM1
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-07-19 06:47:31
Limiting flux: 18.79 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ACAM1
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala
Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2017fox