Discovery certificate for object 2016arh
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 1237 [ 2016TNSTR.177....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-03-04 06:05:30
Sender: iPTF (iPTF_Bot1)
Reporting Group: iPTF     Discovery Data Source: iPTF

R. Ferretti, S. Papadogiannakis, O. Yaron, on behalf of iPTF report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: SN 2016arh
Discoverer internal name: iPTF16fo
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:10:06.280 (167.526167) DEC = +08:43:13.99 (8.720553)
Discovery date: 2016-02-03 11:39:31.000 (JD=2457421.9857755)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-02-03 11:39:31.000
Flux: 18.43 ABMag
Filter: g-PTF
Instrument: CFH12k
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-01-14 11:49:16
Limiting flux: 21.53 ABMag
Filter: g-PTF
Instrument: CFH12k
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2016arh