Discovery certificate for object 2017icy
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 14697 [ 2017TNSTR1260....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-11-15 00:13:48
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 2017icy
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS17ndy
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 03:19:19.391 (49.8307944) DEC = +02:32:23.17 (2.5397692)
Discovery date: 2017-11-07 10:45:07.000 (JD=2458064.9479977)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-11-07 10:45:07.000
Flux: 18.442 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-01
Telescope: ATLAS Mauna Loa

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-11-07 10:32:09
Limiting flux: 18.45 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/2017icy