Discovery certificate for object 2016isa
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 7206 [ 2018TNSTR1873....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-12-05 11:11:57
Date made public: 2018-12-05
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 2016isa
Discoverer internal name: iPTF16isa
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:22:15.560 (350.564835) DEC = +24:49:38.88 (24.827467)
Discovery date: 2016-12-05 02:19:40.000 (JD=2457727.5969907)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-12-05 02:19:40.000
Flux: 19.416 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/2016isa