Discovery certificate for object 2016gmo
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 5448 [ 2018TNSTR1440....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-09-24 13:30:46
Date made public: 2018-09-24
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 2016gmo
Discoverer internal name: iPTF16gmo
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:02:26.414 (30.610057) DEC = +08:49:13.81 (8.820504)
Discovery date: 2016-09-24 12:18:43.000 (JD=2457656.0129977)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-09-24 12:18:43.000
Flux: 18.816 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/2016gmo