Discovery certificate for object 2016gyd
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 5788 [ 2016TNSTR.860....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-10-07 07:08:01
Date made public: 2016-11-01
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: SN 2016gyd
Discoverer internal name: iPTF16gyd
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:16:40.005 (349.166689) DEC = +29:53:43.73 (29.895481)
Discovery date: 2016-10-07 06:07:12.000 (JD=2457668.755)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-10-07 06:07:12.000
Flux: 19.9992 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/2016gyd