TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 7850 [ 2019TNSTR..47....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-01-08 17:44:52
Date made public: 2019-01-08
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 2017ge
Discoverer internal name: iPTF17ge
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:36:10.294 (159.042893) DEC = +69:08:48.61 (69.146836)
Discovery date: 2017-01-08 10:48:00.000 (JD=2457761.95)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-01-08 10:48:00.000
Flux: 19.517 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/2017ge