Discovery certificate for object 2016hzi
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 6650 [ 2018TNSTR1743....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-11-09 11:27:07
Date made public: 2018-11-09
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 2016hzi
Discoverer internal name: iPTF16hzi
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:02:09.220 (15.538417) DEC = -04:14:44.21 (-4.245614)
Discovery date: 2016-11-09 06:56:09.000 (JD=2457701.7889931)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-11-09 06:56:09.000
Flux: 19.596 ABMag
Filter: g-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/2016hzi