TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 4624 [ 2018TNSTR1244....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-08-26 10:46:20
Date made public: 2018-08-26
Sender: 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 2016fjh
Discoverer internal name: iPTF16fjh
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 22:11:30.304 (332.876267) DEC = +19:29:13.88 (19.487188)
Discovery date: 2016-08-26 08:32:38.000 (JD=2457626.8559954)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-08-26 08:32:38.000
Flux: 17.7047 ABMag
Filter: g-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/2016fjh