Discovery certificate for object 2017bcy
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 9275 [ 2019TNSTR.259....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-02-21 13:11:30
Date made public: 2019-02-21
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 2017bcy
Discoverer internal name: iPTF17bcy
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:08:13.940 (197.058084) DEC = +41:36:03.06 (41.60085)
Discovery date: 2017-02-21 11:31:12.000 (JD=2457805.98)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-02-21 11:31:12.000
Flux: 20.006 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/2017bcy