Discovery certificate for object 2017gtk
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 13652 [ 2017TNSTR1006....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-09-16 20:58:16
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 2017gtk
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS17kwb
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:27:46.422 (21.9434235714) DEC = +24:05:50.39 (24.0973314286)
Discovery date: 2017-09-03 14:13:55.000 (JD=2458000.0929977)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-09-03 14:13:55.000
Flux: 19.05 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-09-03 13:50:52
Limiting flux: 19.5 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/2017gtk