Discovery certificate for object 2016hdl
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 5942 [ 2018TNSTR1568....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-10-13 08:10:01
Date made public: 2018-10-13
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 2016hdl
Discoverer internal name: iPTF16hdl
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:57:38.936 (14.412234) DEC = +06:59:21.16 (6.98921)
Discovery date: 2016-10-13 07:55:12.000 (JD=2457674.83)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-10-13 07:55:12.000
Flux: 19.679 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/2016hdl