TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 102818 [ 2021TNSTR.799....1T ]
Date Received (UTC): 2021-03-18 16:57:00
Sender: ATLAS (ATLAS_Bot1)
Reporting Group: ATLAS Discovery Data Source: ATLAS
J. Tonry, L. Denneau, A. Heinze, H. Weiland (IfA, University of Hawaii), B. Stalder (LSST), A. Rest (STScI), C. Stubbs (Harvard University), K. W. Smith, S. J. Smartt, D. R. Young, S. Srivastav, O. McBrien, M. Fulton, J. Gillanders, C. Webb (Queen's University Belfast), T.-W. Chen (MPE), D. E. Wright (University of Minnesota), J. Anderson (ESO) report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.
IAU Designation: AT 2021gby
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS21iib
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:35:42.374 (173.92656) DEC = +20:51:03.18 (20.8508833333)
Discovery date: 2021-03-18 09:14:24.000 (JD=2459291.885)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2021-03-18 09:14:24.000
Flux: 19.598 ABMag
Filter: cyan-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2021-03-04 15:47:31
Limiting flux: 16.74 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/2021gby
Date Received (UTC): 2021-03-18 16:57:00
Sender: ATLAS (ATLAS_Bot1)
Reporting Group: ATLAS Discovery Data Source: ATLAS
J. Tonry, L. Denneau, A. Heinze, H. Weiland (IfA, University of Hawaii), B. Stalder (LSST), A. Rest (STScI), C. Stubbs (Harvard University), K. W. Smith, S. J. Smartt, D. R. Young, S. Srivastav, O. McBrien, M. Fulton, J. Gillanders, C. Webb (Queen's University Belfast), T.-W. Chen (MPE), D. E. Wright (University of Minnesota), J. Anderson (ESO) report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.
IAU Designation: AT 2021gby
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS21iib
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:35:42.374 (173.92656) DEC = +20:51:03.18 (20.8508833333)
Discovery date: 2021-03-18 09:14:24.000 (JD=2459291.885)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2021-03-18 09:14:24.000
Flux: 19.598 ABMag
Filter: cyan-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2021-03-04 15:47:31
Limiting flux: 16.74 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/2021gby