Discovery certificate for object 2017hyn
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 14571 [ 2017TNSTR1236....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-11-10 18:01:20
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: SN 2017hyn
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS17nbj
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:38:27.012 (39.612551) DEC = -08:02:09.71 (-8.03603)
Discovery date: 2017-11-07 10:13:26.000 (JD=2458064.9259954)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-11-07 10:13:26.000
Flux: 18.632 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-01
Telescope: ATLAS Mauna Loa

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-11-07 10:00:28
Limiting flux: 18.56 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/2017hyn