Discovery certificate for object 2017ckt
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 10253 [ 2017TNSTR.367....1M ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-03-28 07:01:16
Sender: SkyMapper (smt_bot)
Reporting Group: SkyMapper     Discovery Data Source: SkyMapper

A. Möller, B. Tucker for the SkyMapper Transient Survey report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2017ckt
Discoverer internal name: SMT17cly
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 04:54:15.449 (73.564372) DEC = -63:58:00.88 (-63.96691)
Discovery date: 2017-03-07 11:49:55.000 (JD=2457819.9929977)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-03-07 11:49:55.000
Flux: 19.6 ABMag
Filter: g-SM-SkyMapper
Instrument: SM-WFCam
Telescope: SkyMapper wide-field survey telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-03-03 10:40:48
Limiting flux: 20.21 ABMag
Filter: r-SM-SkyMapper
Instrument: SM-WFCam
Telescope: SkyMapper wide-field survey telescope


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2017ckt