Discovery certificate for object 2016ijo
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 6954 [ 2018TNSTR1814....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-11-23 10:50:42
Date made public: 2018-11-23
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 2016ijo
Discoverer internal name: iPTF16ijo
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:11:28.824 (17.8701) DEC = +33:31:04.21 (33.517837)
Discovery date: 2016-11-23 05:22:33.000 (JD=2457715.7239931)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-11-23 05:22:33.000
Flux: 19.793 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/2016ijo