TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 8404 [ 2017TNSTR.134....1T ]
Date Received (UTC): 2017-01-31 00:21:02
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 2017yk
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS17asj
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:44:31.772 (146.13238375) DEC = -12:18:29.59 (-12.30821875)
Discovery date: 2017-01-26 11:55:40.000 (JD=2457779.9969907)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-01-26 11:55:40.000
Flux: 19.02 ABMag
Filter: cyan-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-01-18 13:42:14
Limiting flux: 18.71 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/2017yk
Date Received (UTC): 2017-01-31 00:21:02
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 2017yk
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS17asj
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:44:31.772 (146.13238375) DEC = -12:18:29.59 (-12.30821875)
Discovery date: 2017-01-26 11:55:40.000 (JD=2457779.9969907)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-01-26 11:55:40.000
Flux: 19.02 ABMag
Filter: cyan-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-01-18 13:42:14
Limiting flux: 18.71 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/2017yk