Discovery certificate for object 2017fek
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 12395 [ 2017TNSTR.740....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-07-06 09:50:02
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: SN 2017fek
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS17iif
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 20:21:47.444 (305.4476825) DEC = -10:43:53.27 (-10.731465)
Discovery date: 2017-07-05 11:55:40.000 (JD=2457939.9969907)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-07-05 11:55:40.000
Flux: 17.25 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-01
Telescope: ATLAS Mauna Loa

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-07-01 12:23:02
Limiting flux: 19.23 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/2017fek