Discovery certificate for object 2016gfg
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 5240 [ 2018TNSTR1363....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-09-12 08:14:03
Date made public: 2018-09-12
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 2016gfg
Discoverer internal name: iPTF16gfg
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 21:30:52.715 (322.719644) DEC = +14:29:43.70 (14.495472)
Discovery date: 2016-09-12 04:37:55.000 (JD=2457643.6929977)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-09-12 04:37:55.000
Flux: 18.4071 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/2016gfg