Discovery certificate for object 2016gti
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 5648 [ 2018TNSTR1471....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-09-30 18:03:13
Date made public: 2018-09-30
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 2016gti
Discoverer internal name: iPTF16gti
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:46:39.050 (11.662708) DEC = +39:06:03.86 (39.101073)
Discovery date: 2016-09-30 11:52:48.000 (JD=2457661.995)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-09-30 11:52:48.000
Flux: 20.52 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/2016gti