TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 9206 [ 2019TNSTR.259....1K ]
Date Received (UTC): 2017-02-21 10:09:11
Date made public: 2019-02-21
Sender: iPTF (iPTF_Bot1)
Reporting Group: iPTF Discovery Data Source: iPTF
M. Kasliwal, Y. Cao (Caltech), on behalf of iPTF report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.
IAU Designation: AT 2017bam
Discoverer internal name: iPTF17bam
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 08:58:40.943 (134.670596) DEC = +02:04:41.55 (2.078209)
Discovery date: 2017-02-21 08:12:28.000 (JD=2457805.8419907)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-02-21 08:12:28.000
Flux: 19.532 ABMag
Filter: R-PTF
Instrument: CFH12k
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2009-01-01 00:00:00
Limiting flux: 21.5 ABMag
Filter: R-PTF
Instrument: CFH12k
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin
Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2017bam
Date Received (UTC): 2017-02-21 10:09:11
Date made public: 2019-02-21
Sender: iPTF (iPTF_Bot1)
Reporting Group: iPTF Discovery Data Source: iPTF
M. Kasliwal, Y. Cao (Caltech), on behalf of iPTF report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.
IAU Designation: AT 2017bam
Discoverer internal name: iPTF17bam
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 08:58:40.943 (134.670596) DEC = +02:04:41.55 (2.078209)
Discovery date: 2017-02-21 08:12:28.000 (JD=2457805.8419907)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-02-21 08:12:28.000
Flux: 19.532 ABMag
Filter: R-PTF
Instrument: CFH12k
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2009-01-01 00:00:00
Limiting flux: 21.5 ABMag
Filter: R-PTF
Instrument: CFH12k
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin
Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2017bam