Discovery certificate for object 2016goq
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 5506 [ 2018TNSTR1452....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-09-26 06:12:27
Date made public: 2018-09-26
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 2016goq
Discoverer internal name: iPTF16goq
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 20:58:25.981 (314.608255) DEC = +19:25:24.64 (19.423512)
Discovery date: 2016-09-26 04:22:04.000 (JD=2457657.6819907)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-09-26 04:22:04.000
Flux: 19.9462 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/2016goq