Discovery certificate for object 2016epv
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 4043 [ 2018TNSTR1104....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-08-05 09:06:58
Date made public: 2018-08-05
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 2016epv
Discoverer internal name: iPTF16epv
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 21:05:47.720 (316.448835) DEC = -06:26:24.82 (-6.440229)
Discovery date: 2016-08-05 08:44:09.000 (JD=2457605.8639931)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-08-05 08:44:09.000
Flux: 20.1427 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/2016epv