Discovery certificate for object 2016eyi
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 4284 [ 2018TNSTR1166....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-08-13 09:18:18
Date made public: 2018-08-13
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 2016eyi
Discoverer internal name: iPTF16eyi
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 20:13:17.912 (303.324634) DEC = -04:00:15.37 (-4.004269)
Discovery date: 2016-08-13 06:56:09.000 (JD=2457613.7889931)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-08-13 06:56:09.000
Flux: 17.8828 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/2016eyi