Discovery certificate for object 2017eva
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 12124 [ 2017TNSTR.665....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-06-18 23:37:02
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 2017eva
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS17hcv
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:56:25.573 (179.1065525) DEC = -26:26:41.01 (-26.444725)
Discovery date: 2017-06-18 06:40:19.000 (JD=2457922.7779977)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-06-18 06:40:19.000
Flux: 17.78 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-06-07 08:22:33
Limiting flux: 18 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/2017eva