Discovery certificate for object 2016fzt
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 5092 [ 2018TNSTR1320....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-09-07 18:26:57
Date made public: 2018-09-07
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 2016fzt
Discoverer internal name: iPTF16fzt
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:18:49.121 (259.704669) DEC = +36:58:03.33 (36.967592)
Discovery date: 2016-04-15 11:24:00.000 (JD=2457493.975)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-04-15 11:24:00.000
Flux: 19.6439 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/2016fzt