TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 8420 [ 2019TNSTR.174....1K ]
Date Received (UTC): 2017-01-31 14:12:23
Date made public: 2019-01-31
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 2017yx
Discoverer internal name: iPTF17yx
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:06:30.637 (166.627655) DEC = +51:46:54.80 (51.781889)
Discovery date: 2017-01-31 10:26:24.000 (JD=2457784.935)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-01-31 10:26:24.000
Flux: 21.219 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/2017yx
Date Received (UTC): 2017-01-31 14:12:23
Date made public: 2019-01-31
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 2017yx
Discoverer internal name: iPTF17yx
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:06:30.637 (166.627655) DEC = +51:46:54.80 (51.781889)
Discovery date: 2017-01-31 10:26:24.000 (JD=2457784.935)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-01-31 10:26:24.000
Flux: 21.219 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/2017yx