Discovery certificate for object 2016hzj
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 6651 [ 2018TNSTR1743....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-11-09 12:39:23
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 2016hzj
Discoverer internal name: iPTF16hzj
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:50:37.107 (12.654612) DEC = +27:08:01.87 (27.133852)
Discovery date: 2016-11-09 05:31:12.000 (JD=2457701.73)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-11-09 05:31:12.000
Flux: 19.25 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/2016hzj