TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 8385 [ 2019TNSTR.163....1K ]
Date Received (UTC): 2017-01-29 14:07:55
Date made public: 2019-01-29
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 2017xs
Discoverer internal name: iPTF17xs
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:14:11.461 (168.547755) DEC = +48:19:07.24 (48.318679)
Discovery date: 2017-01-29 13:24:57.000 (JD=2457783.0589931)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-01-29 13:24:57.000
Flux: 19.816 ABMag
Filter: g-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/2017xs
Date Received (UTC): 2017-01-29 14:07:55
Date made public: 2019-01-29
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 2017xs
Discoverer internal name: iPTF17xs
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:14:11.461 (168.547755) DEC = +48:19:07.24 (48.318679)
Discovery date: 2017-01-29 13:24:57.000 (JD=2457783.0589931)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-01-29 13:24:57.000
Flux: 19.816 ABMag
Filter: g-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/2017xs