Discovery certificate for object 2016ikh
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 6973 [ 2018TNSTR1814....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-11-23 13:10:39
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 2016ikh
Discoverer internal name: iPTF16ikh
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:07:43.835 (16.932644) DEC = +20:29:02.34 (20.483983)
Discovery date: 2016-11-23 05:18:14.000 (JD=2457715.7209954)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-11-23 05:18:14.000
Flux: 21.1518 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/2016ikh