TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 3946 [ 2018TNSTR1069....1K ]
Date Received (UTC): 2016-08-01 12:07:33
Date made public: 2018-08-01
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 2016emf
Discoverer internal name: iPTF16emf
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:25:47.944 (351.449768) DEC = +18:22:11.87 (18.369963)
Discovery date: 2016-08-01 11:44:09.000 (JD=2457601.9889931)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-08-01 11:44:09.000
Flux: 17.0697 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/2016emf
Date Received (UTC): 2016-08-01 12:07:33
Date made public: 2018-08-01
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 2016emf
Discoverer internal name: iPTF16emf
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:25:47.944 (351.449768) DEC = +18:22:11.87 (18.369963)
Discovery date: 2016-08-01 11:44:09.000 (JD=2457601.9889931)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-08-01 11:44:09.000
Flux: 17.0697 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/2016emf