Discovery certificate for object 2016gbr
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 5144 [ 2018TNSTR1328....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-09-08 12:08:41
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 2016gbr
Discoverer internal name: iPTF16gbr
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:41:11.934 (10.299727) DEC = +04:43:21.34 (4.722594)
Discovery date: 2016-09-08 11:55:40.000 (JD=2457639.9969907)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-09-08 11:55:40.000
Flux: 20.4385 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/2016gbr