Discovery certificate for object 2016esb
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 4106 [ 2018TNSTR1119....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-08-07 12:57:50
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 2016esb
Discoverer internal name: iPTF16esb
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 19:44:55.702 (296.232091) DEC = -14:51:56.00 (-14.865556)
Discovery date: 2016-08-07 05:42:43.000 (JD=2457607.7379977)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-08-07 05:42:43.000
Flux: 17.991 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/2016esb