Discovery certificate for object 2017bpu
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 9656 [ 2019TNSTR.303....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-03-01 10:59:30
Date made public: 2019-03-01
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 2017bpu
Discoverer internal name: iPTF17bpu
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:30:14.367 (157.559861) DEC = -06:47:57.02 (-6.799173)
Discovery date: 2017-03-01 09:56:09.000 (JD=2457813.9139931)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-03-01 09:56:09.000
Flux: 19.9653 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/2017bpu