Discovery certificate for object 2017bsy
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 9738 [ 2019TNSTR.303....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-03-01 13:59:17
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 2017bsy
Discoverer internal name: iPTF17bsy
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:13:23.808 (153.349199) DEC = +01:20:22.55 (1.339598)
Discovery date: 2017-03-01 09:43:12.000 (JD=2457813.905)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-03-01 09:43:12.000
Flux: 20.1445 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/2017bsy