Discovery certificate for object 2017vf
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 8303 [ 2017TNSTR.120....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-01-28 14:45:04
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 2017vf
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS17aps
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:39:46.169 (24.9423718182) DEC = -05:19:18.96 (-5.32193454545)
Discovery date: 2017-01-23 06:15:50.000 (JD=2457776.7609954)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-01-23 06:15:50.000
Flux: 18.18 ABMag
Filter: cyan-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-02
Telescope: ATLAS Haleakala

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-01-11 06:46:04
Limiting flux: 17.32 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/2017vf