Discovery certificate for object 2016eji
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 3866 [ 2018TNSTR1042....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-07-27 17:12:52
Date made public: 2018-07-27
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 2016eji
Discoverer internal name: iPTF16eji
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:24:20.067 (261.083612) DEC = +36:57:32.27 (36.958965)
Discovery date: 2016-07-27 04:58:04.000 (JD=2457596.7069907)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-07-27 04:58:04.000
Flux: 19.8203 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/2016eji