Discovery certificate for object 2017hhf
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 14072 [ 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 2017hhf
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS17mae
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:16:28.902 (34.120425) DEC = +31:13:00.93 (31.21692375)
Discovery date: 2017-09-25 12:00:00.000 (JD=2458022)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-09-25 12:00:00.000
Flux: 18.447 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-09-23 12:53:16
Limiting flux: 19.5 ABMag
Filter: cyan-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala


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