Discovery certificate for object 2016hxv
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 6610 [ 2018TNSTR1732....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-11-08 14:46:36
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 2016hxv
Discoverer internal name: iPTF16hxv
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 08:19:53.227 (124.971779) DEC = +23:17:14.87 (23.287463)
Discovery date: 2016-11-08 13:19:12.000 (JD=2457701.055)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-11-08 13:19:12.000
Flux: 19.839 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/2016hxv