Discovery certificate for object 2017hvs
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 14491 [ 2017TNSTR1212....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-11-05 22:30:05
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 2017hvs
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS17myk
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:15:26.266 (33.8594430769) DEC = +43:16:31.52 (43.2754223077)
Discovery date: 2017-11-03 10:52:19.000 (JD=2458060.9529977)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-11-03 10:52:19.000
Flux: 18.076 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-11-01 11:39:50
Limiting flux: 18.33 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/2017hvs