Discovery certificate for object 2016hwh
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 6551 [ 2018TNSTR1724....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-11-07 12:14:07
Date made public: 2018-11-07
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 2016hwh
Discoverer internal name: iPTF16hwh
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 05:56:41.723 (89.173844) DEC = +69:13:44.03 (69.228898)
Discovery date: 2016-11-07 11:24:00.000 (JD=2457699.975)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-11-07 11:24:00.000
Flux: 20.983 ABMag
Filter: g-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/2016hwh