Discovery certificate for object 2016emn
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 3954 [ 2018TNSTR1069....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-08-01 21:28:46
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 2016emn
Discoverer internal name: iPTF16emn
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 20:22:13.431 (305.555964) DEC = +19:47:01.86 (19.783849)
Discovery date: 2016-08-01 08:28:19.000 (JD=2457601.8529977)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-08-01 08:28:19.000
Flux: 18.673 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/2016emn