Discovery certificate for object 2017brd
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 9691 [ 2019TNSTR.303....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-03-01 11:26:56
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 2017brd
Discoverer internal name: iPTF17brd
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:52:04.353 (148.018139) DEC = -07:17:42.02 (-7.295005)
Discovery date: 2017-03-01 09:36:00.000 (JD=2457813.9)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-03-01 09:36:00.000
Flux: 19.2437 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/2017brd