TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 8468 [ 2017TNSTR.142....1X ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-02-02 09:41:16
Date made public:
Sender: Wenxiong Li
Reporting Group: PTSS     Discovery Data Source: PTSS

Zhijian Xu, Wenxiong Li (THU), Bin Li (PMO), Zesheng Yang (THU), Hanjie Tan (CCU), Xiaofeng Wang (THU), Haibin Zhao (PMO), Lifan Wang (PMO), Jujia Zhang(YNAO) report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: SN 2017aap
Discoverer internal name: PTSS-17die
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:36:18.310 (174.076292) DEC = +38:07:09.20 (38.119222)
Discovery date: 2017-02-01 19:34:19.000 (JD=2457786.3154977)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J113618.34+380706.8

Remarks: This possible supernova was discovered by the 1.04 m schmidt telescope at Xuyi Observatory during the PMO-Tsinghua Transient Survey (PTSS). The transient is located 0" east and 2" north of the center of SDSS J113618.34+380706.8.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-02-01 19:34:19.000
Flux: 19.6 VegaMag
Filter: r-Sloan
Instrument: STA1600
Telescope: Chinese Near Earth Object Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Archival info: SDSS

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