Discovery certificate for object 2014ft
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 19923 [ 2018TNSTR1041....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-07-03 07:30:56
Date made public: 2018-07-26
Sender: Kishalay De
Reporting Group: iPTF     Discovery Data Source: iPTF

Kishalay De, on behalf of iPTF report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: SN 2014ft
Discoverer internal name: iPTF 14gqr
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:33:27.953 (353.36647) DEC = +33:38:46.14 (33.646149)
Discovery date: 2014-10-14 04:33:36.000 (JD=2456944.69)

Potential host galaxy: IV Zw 155
Host redshift: 0.063


Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2014-10-14 04:33:36.000
Flux: 20.17 ABMag
Filter: g-PTF
Instrument: CFH12k
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2014-10-13 07:55:12
Limiting flux: 21.3 ABMag
Filter: g-PTF
Instrument: CFH12k
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2014ft