TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 9230 [ 2017TNSTR.226....1K ]
Date Received (UTC): 2017-02-21 10:25:23
Date made public: 2017-02-21
Sender: 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 2017bbj
Discoverer internal name: iPTF17bbj
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:23:02.227 (170.75928) DEC = +34:29:51.96 (34.497768)
Discovery date: 2017-02-21 10:00:28.000 (JD=2457805.9169907)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-02-21 10:00:28.000
Flux: 18.459 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/2017bbj
Date Received (UTC): 2017-02-21 10:25:23
Date made public: 2017-02-21
Sender: 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 2017bbj
Discoverer internal name: iPTF17bbj
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:23:02.227 (170.75928) DEC = +34:29:51.96 (34.497768)
Discovery date: 2017-02-21 10:00:28.000 (JD=2457805.9169907)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-02-21 10:00:28.000
Flux: 18.459 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/2017bbj