Discovery certificate for object 2017le
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 8008 [ 2017TNSTR..66....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-01-18 16:39:02
Sender: ATLAS (ATLAS_Bot1)
Reporting Group: ATLAS     Discovery Data Source: ATLAS

J. Tonry, L. Denneau, B. Stalder, A. Heinze, A. Sherstyuk (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 2017le
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS17agh
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:10:27.205 (167.613353125) DEC = +28:41:42.33 (28.695091875)
Discovery date: 2017-01-04 13:26:24.000 (JD=2457758.06)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-01-04 13:26:24.000
Flux: 18.9 ABMag
Filter: cyan-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-12-31 14:26:52
Limiting flux: 18.81 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/2017le