Discovery certificate for object 2016gzf
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 5816 [ 2018TNSTR1530....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-10-08 12:43:56
Date made public: 2018-10-08
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 2016gzf
Discoverer internal name: iPTF16gzf
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:57:53.637 (14.473486) DEC = -00:48:51.67 (-0.814354)
Discovery date: 2016-10-08 11:11:02.000 (JD=2457669.9659954)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-10-08 11:11:02.000
Flux: 19.276 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/2016gzf