Discovery certificate for object 2017edx
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 11597 [ 2017TNSTR.566....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-05-19 13:55:03
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 2017edx
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS17fnx
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 08:47:36.405 (131.90168875) DEC = +13:42:58.61 (13.71628)
Discovery date: 2017-04-22 08:29:45.000 (JD=2457865.8539931)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-04-22 08:29:45.000
Flux: 18.54 ABMag
Filter: cyan-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-04-09 08:11:02
Limiting flux: 18.36 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/2017edx