TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 4758 [ 2016TNSTR.681....1K ]
Date Received (UTC): 2016-08-30 14:13:32
Date made public: 2016-09-15
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: SN 2016foc
Discoverer internal name: iPTF16foc
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:00:09.344 (0.038932) DEC = -01:15:20.57 (-1.255713)
Discovery date: 2016-08-30 10:16:19.000 (JD=2457630.9279977)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-08-30 10:16:19.000
Flux: 18.6583 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/2016foc
Date Received (UTC): 2016-08-30 14:13:32
Date made public: 2016-09-15
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: SN 2016foc
Discoverer internal name: iPTF16foc
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:00:09.344 (0.038932) DEC = -01:15:20.57 (-1.255713)
Discovery date: 2016-08-30 10:16:19.000 (JD=2457630.9279977)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-08-30 10:16:19.000
Flux: 18.6583 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/2016foc