Discovery certificate for object 2016fhe
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 4557 [ 2018TNSTR1240....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-08-24 09:57:14
Date made public: 2018-08-24
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 2016fhe
Discoverer internal name: iPTF16fhe
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 20:41:27.478 (310.364493) DEC = +76:19:35.70 (76.326583)
Discovery date: 2016-08-24 09:11:31.000 (JD=2457624.8829977)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-08-24 09:11:31.000
Flux: 19.317 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/2016fhe