Discovery certificate for object 2016iye
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 7388 [ 2016TNSTR1054....1P ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-12-19 12:24:12
Sender: Mr. Stuart Parker
Reporting Group: BOSS     Discovery Data Source: BOSS

Stuart Parker report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: SN 2016iye
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 07:45:19.720 (116.332167) DEC = -71:24:17.90 (-71.404972)
Discovery date: 2016-12-19 11:23:45.000 (JD=2457741.9748264)

Potential host galaxy: NGC2466

Remarks: Stuart Parker, Canterbury, New Zealand, reports the discovery of an apparent supernova (red mag 17.4) on a 30-s unfiltered CCD image (limiting mag 18.5) taken by himself with a 35-cm cassegrain Celestron telescope(+ ST10 camera) at his Parkdale Observatory in the course of the Backyard Observatory Supernova Search.Which is 18E"and 20N"of the nucleus of the galaxy NGC2466. A previous SN was discovered on Discovery date=2016-05-25 09:04:51and posted on the TNS site as 2016cnz RA=07:45:22.97, DEC=-71:24:40.70

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-12-19 11:23:45.000
Flux: 17.4 Other
Filter: Clear-
Instrument: Other
Telescope: Other

Remarks: Confirmed with multiply images,easily visible

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-11-16 12:30:00
Limiting flux: 16 Other
Filter: Other-
Instrument: Other
Telescope: Other

Remarks: poor image nothing visible

Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2016iye