TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 2461 [ 2016TNSTR.361....1P ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-05-18 18:36:49
Date made public:
Sender: iPTF_Bot1
Reporting Group: iPTF     Discovery Data Source: iPTF

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

IAU Designation: SN 2016clf
Discoverer internal name: iPTF16aoe
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 12:33:41.740 (188.423917) DEC = +07:17:17.35 (7.288153)
Discovery date: 2016-04-30 04:33:36.000 (JD=2457508.69)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-04-30 04:33:36.000
Flux: 20.5 ABMag
Filter: g-PTF
Instrument: CFH12k
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-04-14 08:15:21
Limiting flux: 20.96 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/2016clf