Discovery certificate for object 2017fau
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 12289 [ 2017TNSTR.709....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-06-30 23:37:04
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 2017fau
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS17hrd
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 19:32:52.134 (293.217225) DEC = -18:50:09.14 (-18.8358725)
Discovery date: 2017-06-18 12:34:33.000 (JD=2457923.0239931)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-06-18 12:34:33.000
Flux: 18.82 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-01
Telescope: ATLAS Mauna Loa

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-06-18 12:33:07
Limiting flux: 18.73 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-01
Telescope: ATLAS Mauna Loa


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2017fau