Discovery certificate for object 2017et
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 7810 [ 2019TNSTR..38....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-01-07 12:44:20
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 2017et
Discoverer internal name: iPTF17et
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 08:25:50.995 (126.46248) DEC = +32:36:39.63 (32.611008)
Discovery date: 2017-01-07 07:29:16.000 (JD=2457760.8119907)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-01-07 07:29:16.000
Flux: 19.4622 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/2017et