TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 5113 [ 2018TNSTR1328....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-09-08 09:50:05
Date made public: 2018-09-08
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 2016gao
Discoverer internal name: iPTF16gao
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 22:35:52.481 (338.96867) DEC = +19:41:47.06 (19.696406)
Discovery date: 2016-09-08 08:54:14.000 (JD=2457639.8709954)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-09-08 08:54:14.000
Flux: 19.676 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/2016gao