Discovery certificate for object 2016hsl
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 6415 [ 2018TNSTR1672....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-11-02 18:14:48
Date made public: 2018-11-02
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 2016hsl
Discoverer internal name: iPTF16hsl
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 07:29:27.991 (112.366629) DEC = +20:03:17.96 (20.05499)
Discovery date: 2016-11-02 13:10:33.000 (JD=2457695.0489931)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-11-02 13:10:33.000
Flux: 18.227 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/2016hsl