Discovery certificate for object 2017etb
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 12062 [ 2017TNSTR.661....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-06-16 13:55:02
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 2017etb
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS17hbo
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:36:48.139 (174.200578333) DEC = -10:48:45.07 (-10.81252)
Discovery date: 2017-06-15 07:22:04.000 (JD=2457919.8069907)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-06-15 07:22:04.000
Flux: 18.73 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-01
Telescope: ATLAS Mauna Loa

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-06-06 06:56:09
Limiting flux: 18.43 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/2017etb