TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 8297 [ 2017TNSTR.120....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-01-28 14:45:04
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 2017uz
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS17apq
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:42:50.323 (145.709681111) DEC = +07:42:30.07 (7.70835333333)
Discovery date: 2017-01-23 13:33:35.000 (JD=2457777.0649884)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-01-23 13:33:35.000
Flux: 18.34 ABMag
Filter: cyan-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-01-11 12:54:43
Limiting flux: 17.16 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2017uz