Discovery certificate for object 2017bqc
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 9664 [ 2019TNSTR.303....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-03-01 11:01:46
Date made public: 2019-03-01
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 2017bqc
Discoverer internal name: iPTF17bqc
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:33:52.818 (158.470076) DEC = -11:29:35.89 (-11.493302)
Discovery date: 2017-03-01 10:22:04.000 (JD=2457813.9319907)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-03-01 10:22:04.000
Flux: 19.1993 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/2017bqc