Discovery certificate for object 2017hei
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 13982 [ 2017TNSTR1086....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-10-09 13:04:14
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 2017hei
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS17lze
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:55:15.552 (238.814798571) DEC = -10:23:41.87 (-10.3949628571)
Discovery date: 2017-09-30 05:19:40.000 (JD=2458026.7219907)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-09-30 05:19:40.000
Flux: 18.934 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-09-30 05:09:36
Limiting flux: 18.21 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/2017hei