Discovery certificate for object 2016gtt
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 5659 [ 2018TNSTR1483....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-10-01 06:29:57
Date made public: 2018-10-01
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 2016gtt
Discoverer internal name: iPTF16gtt
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 22:36:44.071 (339.183629) DEC = +10:24:11.47 (10.403187)
Discovery date: 2016-10-01 04:19:12.000 (JD=2457662.68)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-10-01 04:19:12.000
Flux: 21.06 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/2016gtt