Discovery certificate for object 2017nr
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 8077 [ 2017TNSTR..91....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-01-23 21:21:02
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 2017nr
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS17ale
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 06:51:38.241 (102.909336667) DEC = +03:19:08.63 (3.31906333333)
Discovery date: 2017-01-23 10:37:55.000 (JD=2457776.9429977)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-01-23 10:37:55.000
Flux: 18.37 ABMag
Filter: cyan-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-01-15 11:42:43
Limiting flux: 18.12 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/2017nr