TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 6496 [ 2018TNSTR1701....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-11-05 08:22:07
Date made public: 2018-11-05
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 2016hum
Discoverer internal name: iPTF16hum
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:04:49.765 (1.207354) DEC = +44:58:12.77 (44.970215)
Discovery date: 2016-11-05 06:53:16.000 (JD=2457697.7869907)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-11-05 06:53:16.000
Flux: 19.491 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/2016hum