Discovery certificate for object 2016heq
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 5974 [ 2018TNSTR1568....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-10-13 20:02:09
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 2016heq
Discoverer internal name: iPTF16heq
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 08:17:40.408 (124.418368) DEC = +22:49:35.58 (22.826551)
Discovery date: 2016-10-13 12:47:31.000 (JD=2457675.0329977)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-10-13 12:47:31.000
Flux: 20.0836 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/2016heq