Discovery certificate for object 2017esd
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 12036 [ 2017TNSTR.653....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-06-14 18:45:04
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 2017esd
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS17gza
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:33:52.530 (203.468875294) DEC = +07:02:44.99 (7.04583176471)
Discovery date: 2017-05-13 10:20:38.000 (JD=2457886.9309954)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-05-13 10:20:38.000
Flux: 18.71 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-01
Telescope: ATLAS Mauna Loa

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-05-13 10:13:26
Limiting flux: 18.5 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-01
Telescope: ATLAS Mauna Loa


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2017esd