Discovery certificate for object 2015cd
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 7907 [ 2017TNSTR..52....1L ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-01-12 11:15:16
Sender: Wenxiong Li
Reporting Group: TNTS     Discovery Data Source: TNTS

Wenxiong Li (THU), Tianmeng Zhang (NAOC), Xiaofeng Wang(THU), Jun Mo(THU), Xu Zhou(NAOC), on behalf of the TNTS report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2015cd
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:35:13.280 (143.805333) DEC = +50:28:21.90 (50.47275)
Discovery date: 2015-01-20 18:14:24.000 (JD=2457043.26)


Remarks: This supernova was discovered by the 0.6 m schmidt telescope at Xinglong Observatory during the Tsinghua-NAOC Transient Survey (TNTS). The transient is located 3" east and 2" north of the center of host galaxy

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2015-01-20 18:14:24.000
Flux: 18.3 VegaMag
Filter: Clear-
Instrument: BATC
Telescope: 0.6m Beijing Astronomical Observatory Telescope

Last non-detection:
Archival info: DSS

Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2015cd