Discovery certificate for object 2016fqa
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 4814 [ 2018TNSTR1280....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-09-02 08:01:10
Date made public: 2018-09-02
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 2016fqa
Discoverer internal name: iPTF16fqa
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 21:51:53.542 (327.973093) DEC = +22:05:38.96 (22.094155)
Discovery date: 2016-09-02 06:48:57.000 (JD=2457633.7839931)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-09-02 06:48:57.000
Flux: 19.962 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/2016fqa