Discovery certificate for object 2016eom
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 4006 [ 2018TNSTR1084....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-08-03 18:15:28
Date made public: 2018-08-03
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 2016eom
Discoverer internal name: iPTF16eom
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 21:05:29.452 (316.372715) DEC = +23:23:51.45 (23.397625)
Discovery date: 2016-08-03 08:57:07.000 (JD=2457603.8729977)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-08-03 08:57:07.000
Flux: 19.7347 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/2016eom