Discovery certificate for object 2017com
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 10374 [ 2017TNSTR.378....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-03-31 12:12:03
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 2017com
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS17dho
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 05:44:28.852 (86.1202177778) DEC = -24:43:37.55 (-24.7270972222)
Discovery date: 2017-03-19 06:36:00.000 (JD=2457831.775)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-03-19 06:36:00.000
Flux: 18.66 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-03-19 06:15:50
Limiting flux: 19.02 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/2017com