Discovery certificate for object 2017fnc
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 12646 [ 2017TNSTR.776....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-07-18 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 2017fnc
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS17iqd
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:39:56.452 (249.985216) DEC = -19:28:36.08 (-19.476688)
Discovery date: 2017-07-14 08:45:36.000 (JD=2457948.865)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-07-14 08:45:36.000
Flux: 18.67 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-07-10 10:48:00
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/2017fnc