TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 9757 [ 2019TNSTR.311....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-03-02 05:19:48
Date made public: 2019-03-02
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 2017btr
Discoverer internal name: iPTF17btr
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 04:46:02.011 (71.508378) DEC = +65:40:24.88 (65.673579)
Discovery date: 2017-03-02 04:49:26.000 (JD=2457814.7009954)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-03-02 04:49:26.000
Flux: 19.951 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/2017btr