Discovery certificate for object 2017hhd
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 14070 [ 2017TNSTR1100....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-10-11 11:21:02
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 2017hhd
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS17lzx
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 18:15:33.055 (273.88773) DEC = +13:27:32.72 (13.4590883333)
Discovery date: 2017-09-23 06:38:52.000 (JD=2458019.7769907)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-09-23 06:38:52.000
Flux: 17.968 ABMag
Filter: cyan-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala

Last non-detection:
Archival info: SDSS

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