Discovery certificate for object 2016flo
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 4687 [ 2016TNSTR.624....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-08-27 11:11:04
Date made public: 2016-09-02
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: SN 2016flo
Discoverer internal name: iPTF16flo
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:11:06.336 (2.776401) DEC = +02:05:14.15 (2.087265)
Discovery date: 2016-08-27 10:29:16.000 (JD=2457627.9369907)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-08-27 10:29:16.000
Flux: 18.443 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/2016flo