Discovery certificate for object 2016hlr
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 6199 [ 2018TNSTR1636....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-10-26 09:25:57
Date made public: 2018-10-26
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 2016hlr
Discoverer internal name: iPTF16hlr
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 21:47:28.883 (326.870347) DEC = +33:43:49.20 (33.730334)
Discovery date: 2016-10-20 02:15:21.000 (JD=2457681.5939931)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-10-20 02:15:21.000
Flux: 20.762 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/2016hlr