Discovery certificate for object 2016hxt
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 6608 [ 2018TNSTR1732....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-11-08 14:44:48
Date made public: 2018-11-08
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 2016hxt
Discoverer internal name: iPTF16hxt
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 07:22:10.667 (110.544444) DEC = +26:02:54.29 (26.048414)
Discovery date: 2016-11-08 13:09:07.000 (JD=2457701.0479977)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-11-08 13:09:07.000
Flux: 17.825 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/2016hxt