Discovery certificate for object 2017btw
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 9762 [ 2019TNSTR.311....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-03-02 05:31:33
Date made public: 2019-03-02
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 2017btw
Discoverer internal name: iPTF17btw
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 05:20:33.576 (80.139902) DEC = +67:46:41.84 (67.77829)
Discovery date: 2017-03-02 04:56:38.000 (JD=2457814.7059954)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-03-02 04:56:38.000
Flux: 19.445 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/2017btw