Discovery certificate for object 2016inq
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 7073 [ 2018TNSTR1824....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-11-26 08:51:46
Date made public: 2018-11-26
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 2016inq
Discoverer internal name: iPTF16inq
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:35:59.375 (8.997394) DEC = +04:57:22.23 (4.956176)
Discovery date: 2016-11-26 04:37:55.000 (JD=2457718.6929977)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-11-26 04:37:55.000
Flux: 20.2109 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/2016inq