TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 13682 [ 2017TNSTR1013....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-09-18 17:55:06
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 2017gul
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS17lbg
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 22:54:13.346 (343.555608276) DEC = -21:41:00.08 (-21.6833548276)
Discovery date: 2017-08-01 12:17:16.000 (JD=2457967.0119907)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-08-01 12:17:16.000
Flux: 19.27 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-01
Telescope: ATLAS Mauna Loa

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-08-01 12:12:57
Limiting flux: 18.8 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/2017gul