Discovery certificate for object 2017ciu
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 10198 [ 2017TNSTR.336....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-03-22 19:45:02
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 (Queen's University Belfast) report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2017ciu
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS17czf
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:50:11.312 (237.547133333) DEC = +32:22:53.36 (32.3814883333)
Discovery date: 2017-03-17 15:05:45.000 (JD=2457830.1289931)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-03-17 15:05:45.000
Flux: 18.78 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-03-17 14:36:57
Limiting flux: 18.99 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/2017ciu