Discovery certificate for object 2016eza
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 4303 [ 2018TNSTR1172....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-08-14 14:34:40
Date made public: 2018-08-14
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 2016eza
Discoverer internal name: iPTF16eza
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 18:45:59.576 (281.498232) DEC = +48:16:48.07 (48.28002)
Discovery date: 2016-08-14 04:29:16.000 (JD=2457614.6869907)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-08-14 04:29:16.000
Flux: 19.977 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/2016eza