Discovery certificate for object 2016ijn
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 6953 [ 2018TNSTR1814....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-11-23 10:50:12
Date made public: 2018-11-23
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 2016ijn
Discoverer internal name: iPTF16ijn
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:21:09.670 (20.290292) DEC = +33:09:32.85 (33.159126)
Discovery date: 2016-11-23 05:25:26.000 (JD=2457715.7259954)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-11-23 05:25:26.000
Flux: 19.762 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/2016ijn