Discovery certificate for object 2016ipm
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 7134 [ 2018TNSTR1843....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-11-30 08:26:12
Date made public: 2018-11-30
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 2016ipm
Discoverer internal name: iPTF16ipm
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:26:23.318 (351.59716) DEC = +20:57:54.36 (20.965099)
Discovery date: 2016-11-30 03:11:31.000 (JD=2457722.6329977)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-11-30 03:11:31.000
Flux: 20.045 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/2016ipm