TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 18458 [ 2018TNSTR.637....1T ]
Date Received (UTC): 2018-05-14 11:55:16
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, D. R. Young, M. Fulton, O. McBrien, D. O'Neill, P. Clark (Queen's University Belfast) report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.
IAU Designation: AT 2017xj
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS18onq
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:29:11.755 (172.298978824) DEC = +54:07:02.96 (54.11749)
Discovery date: 2017-12-15 15:12:57.000 (JD=2458103.1339931)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-12-15 15:12:57.000
Flux: 19.215 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-12-11 15:54:43
Limiting flux: 16.41 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/2017xj
Date Received (UTC): 2018-05-14 11:55:16
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, D. R. Young, M. Fulton, O. McBrien, D. O'Neill, P. Clark (Queen's University Belfast) report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.
IAU Designation: AT 2017xj
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS18onq
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:29:11.755 (172.298978824) DEC = +54:07:02.96 (54.11749)
Discovery date: 2017-12-15 15:12:57.000 (JD=2458103.1339931)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-12-15 15:12:57.000
Flux: 19.215 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-12-11 15:54:43
Limiting flux: 16.41 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/2017xj