Discovery certificate for object 2016ekf
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 3891 [ 2018TNSTR1046....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-07-28 22:09:37
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 2016ekf
Discoverer internal name: iPTF16ekf
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:40:15.454 (355.064393) DEC = +11:21:03.26 (11.350905)
Discovery date: 2016-07-28 11:25:26.000 (JD=2457597.9759954)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-07-28 11:25:26.000
Flux: 20.398 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/2016ekf