TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 6555 [ 2018TNSTR1724....1K ]
Date Received (UTC): 2016-11-07 13:49:09
Date made public: 2018-11-07
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 2016hwk
Discoverer internal name: iPTF16hwk
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 08:05:49.773 (121.457387) DEC = +29:54:42.22 (29.911729)
Discovery date: 2016-11-07 12:51:50.000 (JD=2457700.0359954)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-11-07 12:51:50.000
Flux: 20.018 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/2016hwk
Date Received (UTC): 2016-11-07 13:49:09
Date made public: 2018-11-07
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 2016hwk
Discoverer internal name: iPTF16hwk
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 08:05:49.773 (121.457387) DEC = +29:54:42.22 (29.911729)
Discovery date: 2016-11-07 12:51:50.000 (JD=2457700.0359954)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-11-07 12:51:50.000
Flux: 20.018 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/2016hwk