Discovery certificate for object 2017dc
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 7762 [ 2019TNSTR..38....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-01-07 09:12:49
Date made public: 2019-01-07
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 2017dc
Discoverer internal name: iPTF17dc
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 08:18:27.348 (124.61395) DEC = +28:14:02.94 (28.23415)
Discovery date: 2017-01-07 07:27:50.000 (JD=2457760.8109954)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-01-07 07:27:50.000
Flux: 19.211 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/2017dc