Discovery certificate for object 2017fup
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 12863 [ 2017TNSTR.817....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-07-30 16:00:03
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 2017fup
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS17jbz
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 18:06:26.885 (271.61202) DEC = +15:05:26.89 (15.0908015385)
Discovery date: 2017-07-26 09:25:55.000 (JD=2457960.8929977)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-07-26 09:25:55.000
Flux: 18.93 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-01
Telescope: ATLAS Mauna Loa

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-07-26 09:20:09
Limiting flux: 19.22 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/2017fup