TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 6042 [ 2018TNSTR.903....1K ]
Date Received (UTC): 2016-10-20 09:05:41
Date made public: 2018-06-28
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: SN 2016hgs
Discoverer internal name: iPTF16hgs
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:50:51.391 (12.714131) DEC = +27:22:47.99 (27.379996)
Discovery date: 2016-10-20 08:39:50.000 (JD=2457681.8609954)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-10-20 08:39:50.000
Flux: 18.6217 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/2016hgs
Date Received (UTC): 2016-10-20 09:05:41
Date made public: 2018-06-28
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: SN 2016hgs
Discoverer internal name: iPTF16hgs
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:50:51.391 (12.714131) DEC = +27:22:47.99 (27.379996)
Discovery date: 2016-10-20 08:39:50.000 (JD=2457681.8609954)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-10-20 08:39:50.000
Flux: 18.6217 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/2016hgs