Discovery certificate for object 2016hlp
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 6197 [ 2018TNSTR1636....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-10-26 09:22:27
Date made public: 2018-10-26
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 2016hlp
Discoverer internal name: iPTF16hlp
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:53:59.832 (358.499299) DEC = +18:47:31.11 (18.791974)
Discovery date: 2016-10-26 06:05:45.000 (JD=2457687.7539931)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-10-26 06:05:45.000
Flux: 19.986 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/2016hlp