Discovery certificate for object 2017bwe
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 9825 [ 2019TNSTR.311....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-03-02 08:26:19
Date made public: 2019-03-02
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 2017bwe
Discoverer internal name: iPTF17bwe
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:25:10.700 (141.294583) DEC = +11:43:14.26 (11.720628)
Discovery date: 2017-03-02 07:39:21.000 (JD=2457814.8189931)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-03-02 07:39:21.000
Flux: 19.601 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/2017bwe