Discovery certificate for object 2017fel
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 12396 [ 2017TNSTR.740....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-07-06 11:00:02
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: SN 2017fel
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS17iig
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 21:29:13.375 (322.30573) DEC = -00:17:40.93 (-0.2947025)
Discovery date: 2017-07-05 12:31:40.000 (JD=2457940.0219907)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-07-05 12:31:40.000
Flux: 17.5 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-01
Telescope: ATLAS Mauna Loa

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-07-01 13:10:33
Limiting flux: 19.07 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/2017fel