Discovery certificate for object 2017bsg
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 9720 [ 2019TNSTR.303....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-03-01 13:31:29
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 2017bsg
Discoverer internal name: iPTF17bsg
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:57:08.425 (149.285105) DEC = -09:35:51.24 (-9.597568)
Discovery date: 2017-03-01 09:38:52.000 (JD=2457813.9019907)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-03-01 09:38:52.000
Flux: 19.9 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/2017bsg