TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 7817 [ 2019TNSTR..38....1K ]
Date Received (UTC): 2017-01-07 17:07:22
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 2017fa
Discoverer internal name: iPTF17fa
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 08:40:22.070 (130.091957) DEC = +38:43:25.48 (38.723745)
Discovery date: 2017-01-07 06:07:12.000 (JD=2457760.755)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-01-07 06:07:12.000
Flux: 19.9382 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/2017fa
Date Received (UTC): 2017-01-07 17:07:22
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 2017fa
Discoverer internal name: iPTF17fa
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 08:40:22.070 (130.091957) DEC = +38:43:25.48 (38.723745)
Discovery date: 2017-01-07 06:07:12.000 (JD=2457760.755)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-01-07 06:07:12.000
Flux: 19.9382 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/2017fa