TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 12781 [ 2017TNSTR.814....1T ]
Date Received (UTC): 2017-07-29 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 2017frs
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS17jau
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:40:41.391 (265.172462857) DEC = -07:25:50.69 (-7.43074857143)
Discovery date: 2017-07-27 09:43:12.000 (JD=2457961.905)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-07-27 09:43:12.000
Flux: 18.58 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-07-25 10:06:14
Limiting flux: 18.52 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/2017frs
Date Received (UTC): 2017-07-29 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 2017frs
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS17jau
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:40:41.391 (265.172462857) DEC = -07:25:50.69 (-7.43074857143)
Discovery date: 2017-07-27 09:43:12.000 (JD=2457961.905)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-07-27 09:43:12.000
Flux: 18.58 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-07-25 10:06:14
Limiting flux: 18.52 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/2017frs