Discovery certificate for object 2017ebl
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 11529 [ 2017TNSTR.557....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-05-16 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 2017ebl
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS17ffj
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 08:04:16.530 (121.068873333) DEC = +30:11:01.90 (30.18386)
Discovery date: 2017-05-16 07:07:40.000 (JD=2457889.7969907)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-05-16 07:07:40.000
Flux: 17.66 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-05-12 07:39:21
Limiting flux: 18.24 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/2017ebl