Discovery certificate for object 2016hzr
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 6659 [ 2018TNSTR1748....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-11-10 08:18:45
Date made public: 2018-11-10
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 2016hzr
Discoverer internal name: iPTF16hzr
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:37:56.352 (39.484799) DEC = +11:33:00.90 (11.55025)
Discovery date: 2016-11-05 07:58:04.000 (JD=2457697.8319907)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-11-05 07:58:04.000
Flux: 20.07 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/2016hzr