Discovery certificate for object 2016gnx
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 5484 [ 2018TNSTR1447....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-09-25 13:41:18
Date made public: 2018-09-25
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 2016gnx
Discoverer internal name: iPTF16gnx
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:23:40.328 (20.918035) DEC = +38:25:10.14 (38.419482)
Discovery date: 2016-09-25 12:05:45.000 (JD=2457657.0039931)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-09-25 12:05:45.000
Flux: 19.399 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/2016gnx