Discovery certificate for object 2016fbc
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 4368 [ 2018TNSTR1181....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-08-15 17:32:32
Date made public: 2018-08-15
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 2016fbc
Discoverer internal name: iPTF16fbc
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:42:37.283 (355.655346) DEC = +11:25:50.87 (11.430797)
Discovery date: 2016-08-15 07:30:43.000 (JD=2457615.8129977)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-08-15 07:30:43.000
Flux: 18.8276 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/2016fbc