Discovery certificate for object 2016hgq
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 6040 [ 2018TNSTR1610....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-10-20 08:09:33
Date made public: 2018-10-20
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 2016hgq
Discoverer internal name: iPTF16hgq
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:00:47.070 (0.196126) DEC = +31:20:28.08 (31.341133)
Discovery date: 2016-10-20 06:46:04.000 (JD=2457681.7819907)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-10-20 06:46:04.000
Flux: 20.136 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/2016hgq