Discovery certificate for object 2017bcf
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 9254 [ 2019TNSTR.259....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-02-21 13:04:03
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 2017bcf
Discoverer internal name: iPTF17bcf
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:06:04.970 (211.52071) DEC = +40:05:50.59 (40.097386)
Discovery date: 2017-02-21 11:54:14.000 (JD=2457805.9959954)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-02-21 11:54:14.000
Flux: 19.902 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/2017bcf