TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 6390 [ 2018TNSTR1661....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-11-01 19:45:59
Date made public: 2018-11-01
Sender: 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 2016hrp
Discoverer internal name: iPTF16hrp
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 07:40:40.961 (115.170671) DEC = +18:40:16.19 (18.671164)
Discovery date: 2016-11-01 13:13:26.000 (JD=2457694.0509954)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-11-01 13:13:26.000
Flux: 18.32 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/2016hrp