Discovery certificate for object 2017fuq
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 12864 [ 2017TNSTR.821....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-07-31 00:16:13
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 2017fuq
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS17jch
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:55:42.689 (13.92787) DEC = +33:15:15.67 (33.2543533333)
Discovery date: 2017-07-30 14:24:00.000 (JD=2457965.1)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-07-30 14:24:00.000
Flux: 18.65 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-01
Telescope: ATLAS Mauna Loa

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-07-30 14:09:36
Limiting flux: 19.17 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/2017fuq