Discovery certificate for object 2016ejz
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 3885 [ 2018TNSTR1046....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-07-28 21:36:46
Date made public: 2018-07-28
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 2016ejz
Discoverer internal name: iPTF16ejz
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:06:40.644 (346.669351) DEC = -06:29:36.73 (-6.493536)
Discovery date: 2016-07-28 11:13:55.000 (JD=2457597.9679977)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-07-28 11:13:55.000
Flux: 20.4994 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/2016ejz