TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 4097 [ 2018TNSTR1119....1K ]
Date Received (UTC): 2016-08-07 11:02:28
Date made public: 2018-08-07
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 2016ers
Discoverer internal name: iPTF16ers
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 19:36:50.435 (294.210147) DEC = -17:08:33.93 (-17.142757)
Discovery date: 2016-08-07 06:46:04.000 (JD=2457607.7819907)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-08-07 06:46:04.000
Flux: 19.318 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/2016ers
Date Received (UTC): 2016-08-07 11:02:28
Date made public: 2018-08-07
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 2016ers
Discoverer internal name: iPTF16ers
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 19:36:50.435 (294.210147) DEC = -17:08:33.93 (-17.142757)
Discovery date: 2016-08-07 06:46:04.000 (JD=2457607.7819907)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-08-07 06:46:04.000
Flux: 19.318 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/2016ers