Discovery certificate for object 2016fmi
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 4707 [ 2018TNSTR1251....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-08-28 14:13:09
Date made public: 2018-08-28
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 2016fmi
Discoverer internal name: iPTF16fmi
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 22:53:20.112 (343.3338) DEC = +18:50:03.40 (18.834279)
Discovery date: 2016-08-28 10:10:33.000 (JD=2457628.9239931)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-08-28 10:10:33.000
Flux: 20.5716 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/2016fmi