Discovery certificate for object 2017gn
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 7859 [ 2019TNSTR..47....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-01-08 18:21:37
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 2017gn
Discoverer internal name: iPTF17gn
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:28:10.823 (232.045095) DEC = +74:36:40.68 (74.611299)
Discovery date: 2017-01-08 13:14:52.000 (JD=2457762.0519907)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-01-08 13:14:52.000
Flux: 19.946 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/2017gn