Discovery certificate for object 2016gro
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 5588 [ 2018TNSTR1466....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-09-29 08:02:01
Date made public: 2018-09-29
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 2016gro
Discoverer internal name: iPTF16gro
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:14:23.810 (348.599208) DEC = +37:51:52.26 (37.864516)
Discovery date: 2016-09-29 06:48:57.000 (JD=2457660.7839931)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-09-29 06:48:57.000
Flux: 19.834 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/2016gro