Discovery certificate for object 2017bqd
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 9665 [ 2019TNSTR.303....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-03-01 11:02:46
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 2017bqd
Discoverer internal name: iPTF17bqd
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:09:51.367 (152.464029) DEC = +01:34:56.81 (1.582448)
Discovery date: 2017-03-01 09:43:12.000 (JD=2457813.905)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-03-01 09:43:12.000
Flux: 20.1777 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/2017bqd