Discovery certificate for object 2016flr
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 4690 [ 2018TNSTR1247....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-08-27 11:57:36
Date made public: 2018-08-27
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 2016flr
Discoverer internal name: iPTF16flr
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:51:58.405 (12.993356) DEC = +00:14:54.63 (0.248507)
Discovery date: 2016-08-27 11:08:09.000 (JD=2457627.9639931)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-08-27 11:08:09.000
Flux: 19.857 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/2016flr