Discovery certificate for object 2017bro
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 9702 [ 2019TNSTR.303....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-03-01 11:59:09
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 2017bro
Discoverer internal name: iPTF17bro
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 19:13:22.703 (288.344596) DEC = +58:48:43.60 (58.81211)
Discovery date: 2017-03-01 11:25:26.000 (JD=2457813.9759954)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-03-01 11:25:26.000
Flux: 19.28 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/2017bro