Discovery certificate for object 2016hhj
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 6065 [ 2018TNSTR1613....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-10-21 11:30:34
Date made public: 2018-10-21
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 2016hhj
Discoverer internal name: iPTF16hhj
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:14:56.756 (33.736484) DEC = +36:35:05.78 (36.584938)
Discovery date: 2016-10-21 10:45:07.000 (JD=2457682.9479977)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-10-21 10:45:07.000
Flux: 19.328 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/2016hhj