Discovery certificate for object 2017gc
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 7848 [ 2019TNSTR..47....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-01-08 17:43:05
Date made public: 2019-01-08
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 2017gc
Discoverer internal name: iPTF17gc
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:01:21.887 (240.341194) DEC = +78:20:44.60 (78.345723)
Discovery date: 2017-01-08 13:16:19.000 (JD=2457762.0529977)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-01-08 13:16:19.000
Flux: 19.906 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/2017gc