Discovery certificate for object 2017guq
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 13687 [ 2017TNSTR1013....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-09-18 17:55:06
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 2017guq
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS17lax
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 21:48:16.124 (327.067183333) DEC = -21:10:59.77 (-21.18327)
Discovery date: 2017-09-17 09:08:38.000 (JD=2458013.8809954)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-09-17 09:08:38.000
Flux: 19.28 ABMag
Filter: cyan-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-09-15 11:21:07
Limiting flux: 18.94 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/2017guq