TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 15459
Date Received (UTC): 2017-12-21 00:00:03
Sender: ATLAS (ATLAS_Bot1)
Source Group: 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 2017jbm
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS17nuy
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:07:05.300 (136.772081765) DEC = +53:26:51.17 (53.4475470588)
Discovery date: 2017-12-11 13:47:59 (JD=2458099.0749884)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-12-11 13:47:59
Flux: 17.142 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ACAM1
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-12-09 14:51:21
Limiting flux: 17.65 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ACAM1
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala
Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://wis-tns.weizmann.ac.il/object/2017jbm
Date Received (UTC): 2017-12-21 00:00:03
Sender: ATLAS (ATLAS_Bot1)
Source Group: 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 2017jbm
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS17nuy
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:07:05.300 (136.772081765) DEC = +53:26:51.17 (53.4475470588)
Discovery date: 2017-12-11 13:47:59 (JD=2458099.0749884)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-12-11 13:47:59
Flux: 17.142 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ACAM1
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-12-09 14:51:21
Limiting flux: 17.65 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ACAM1
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala
Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://wis-tns.weizmann.ac.il/object/2017jbm