Discovery certificate for object 2016ekb
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 3887 [ 2018TNSTR1046....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-07-28 21:42:48
Date made public: 2018-07-28
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 2016ekb
Discoverer internal name: iPTF16ekb
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:54:41.430 (13.672623) DEC = +41:34:23.11 (41.573085)
Discovery date: 2016-07-28 11:29:45.000 (JD=2457597.9789931)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-07-28 11:29:45.000
Flux: 19.4155 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/2016ekb