Discovery certificate for object 2016gpx
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 5540 [ 2018TNSTR1455....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-09-27 10:45:39
Date made public: 2018-09-27
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 2016gpx
Discoverer internal name: iPTF16gpx
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:43:37.868 (10.907783) DEC = +06:41:39.98 (6.694439)
Discovery date: 2016-09-27 10:04:48.000 (JD=2457658.92)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-09-27 10:04:48.000
Flux: 19.337 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/2016gpx