Discovery certificate for object 2017yy
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 8421 [ 2019TNSTR.174....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-01-31 14:16:17
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 2017yy
Discoverer internal name: iPTF17yy
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:26:37.726 (171.657192) DEC = +51:34:23.34 (51.57315)
Discovery date: 2017-01-31 10:32:09.000 (JD=2457784.9389931)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-01-31 10:32:09.000
Flux: 19.114 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/2017yy