Discovery certificate for object 2017ent
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 11906 [ 2017TNSTR.636....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-06-07 09:50:03
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 2017ent
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS17gqb
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:46:53.198 (176.72166) DEC = -04:25:54.60 (-4.4318325)
Discovery date: 2017-06-05 06:40:19.000 (JD=2457909.7779977)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-06-05 06:40:19.000
Flux: 18.42 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-01
Telescope: ATLAS Mauna Loa

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-06-04 09:10:04
Limiting flux: 16.69 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/2017ent