TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 15628 [ 2017TNSTR1498....1T ]
Date Received (UTC): 2017-12-30 00:00:02
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, M. Fulton, O. McBrien (Queen's University Belfast) report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.
IAU Designation: AT 2017jhd
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS17nyg
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 12:36:40.186 (189.167442549) DEC = -28:25:59.16 (-28.4330996078)
Discovery date: 2017-12-04 14:32:38.000 (JD=2458092.1059954)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-12-04 14:32:38.000
Flux: 17.179 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ACAM1
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala
Last non-detection:
Archival info: DSS
Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2017jhd
Date Received (UTC): 2017-12-30 00:00:02
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, M. Fulton, O. McBrien (Queen's University Belfast) report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.
IAU Designation: AT 2017jhd
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS17nyg
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 12:36:40.186 (189.167442549) DEC = -28:25:59.16 (-28.4330996078)
Discovery date: 2017-12-04 14:32:38.000 (JD=2458092.1059954)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-12-04 14:32:38.000
Flux: 17.179 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ACAM1
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala
Last non-detection:
Archival info: DSS
Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2017jhd