TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 13700 [ 2017TNSTR1016....1T ]
Date Received (UTC): 2017-09-19 14:49:02
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 2017gvd
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS17leg
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 21:17:37.678 (319.4069925) DEC = +21:07:35.62 (21.12656)
Discovery date: 2017-09-17 08:58:33.000 (JD=2458013.8739931)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-09-17 08:58:33.000
Flux: 18.26 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-01
Telescope: ATLAS Mauna Loa
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-09-13 09:47:31
Limiting flux: 19.21 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/2017gvd
Date Received (UTC): 2017-09-19 14:49:02
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 2017gvd
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS17leg
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 21:17:37.678 (319.4069925) DEC = +21:07:35.62 (21.12656)
Discovery date: 2017-09-17 08:58:33.000 (JD=2458013.8739931)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-09-17 08:58:33.000
Flux: 18.26 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-01
Telescope: ATLAS Mauna Loa
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-09-13 09:47:31
Limiting flux: 19.21 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/2017gvd