Discovery certificate for object 2016hia
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 6085 [ 2018TNSTR1618....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-10-22 10:28:17
Date made public: 2018-10-22
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 2016hia
Discoverer internal name: iPTF16hia
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:10:58.411 (32.743381) DEC = +31:17:40.30 (31.294527)
Discovery date: 2016-10-22 09:57:36.000 (JD=2457683.915)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-10-22 09:57:36.000
Flux: 19.391 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/2016hia