Discovery certificate for object 2013ib
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 5618 [ 2018TNSTR1466....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-09-29 23:24:36
Date made public: 2018-09-29
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 2013ib
Discoverer internal name: iPTF13ib
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:33:45.924 (158.4413511) DEC = +52:00:12.63 (52.003507)
Discovery date: 2013-03-24 03:24:28.000 (JD=2456375.6419907)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2013-03-24 03:24:28.000
Flux: 15.7283 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/2013ib