Discovery certificate for object 2016gov
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 5511 [ 2018TNSTR1452....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-09-26 09:02:14
Date made public: 2018-09-26
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 2016gov
Discoverer internal name: iPTF16gov
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:58:57.030 (359.737623) DEC = +15:49:31.79 (15.825498)
Discovery date: 2016-09-26 08:18:14.000 (JD=2457657.8459954)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-09-26 08:18:14.000
Flux: 20.3616 ABMag
Filter: g-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/2016gov