Discovery certificate for object 2016gac
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 5101 [ 2018TNSTR1328....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-09-08 08:12:41
Date made public: 2018-09-08
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 2016gac
Discoverer internal name: iPTF16gac
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 21:50:07.081 (327.529504) DEC = +24:31:22.73 (24.52298)
Discovery date: 2016-09-08 06:43:12.000 (JD=2457639.78)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-09-08 06:43:12.000
Flux: 20.6793 ABMag
Filter: g-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/2016gac