TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 13249 [ 2017TNSTR.917....1T ]
Date Received (UTC): 2017-08-26 00:16:02
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 2017ghp
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS17juy
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:12:28.189 (33.1174554545) DEC = +46:53:33.23 (46.8925636364)
Discovery date: 2017-08-23 14:00:57.000 (JD=2457989.0839931)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-08-23 14:00:57.000
Flux: 17.53 ABMag
Filter: cyan-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-08-17 15:14:24
Limiting flux: 18.01 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/2017ghp
Date Received (UTC): 2017-08-26 00:16:02
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 2017ghp
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS17juy
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:12:28.189 (33.1174554545) DEC = +46:53:33.23 (46.8925636364)
Discovery date: 2017-08-23 14:00:57.000 (JD=2457989.0839931)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-08-23 14:00:57.000
Flux: 17.53 ABMag
Filter: cyan-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-08-17 15:14:24
Limiting flux: 18.01 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/2017ghp