TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 5649 [ 2018TNSTR1471....1K ]
Date Received (UTC): 2016-09-30 18:04:03
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 2016gtj
Discoverer internal name: iPTF16gtj
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:50:01.943 (12.508094) DEC = +40:41:58.64 (40.699622)
Discovery date: 2016-09-30 11:48:28.000 (JD=2457661.9919907)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-09-30 11:48:28.000
Flux: 20.124 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/2016gtj
Date Received (UTC): 2016-09-30 18:04:03
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 2016gtj
Discoverer internal name: iPTF16gtj
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:50:01.943 (12.508094) DEC = +40:41:58.64 (40.699622)
Discovery date: 2016-09-30 11:48:28.000 (JD=2457661.9919907)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-09-30 11:48:28.000
Flux: 20.124 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/2016gtj