Discovery certificate for object 2016dtj
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 3393 [ 2016TNSTR.481....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-07-22 11:13:05
Sender: Gaia (Gaia_Bot1)
Reporting Group: GaiaAlerts     Discovery Data Source: GaiaAlerts

A. Delgado, D. Harrison, S. Hodgkin, M. van Leeuwen, G. Rixon, A. Yoldas (University of Cambridge), on behalf of Gaia Alerts team report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2016dtj
Discoverer internal name: Gaia16agu
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 05:40:25.600 (85.106667) DEC = -07:05:37.30 (-7.093694)
Discovery date: 2016-02-29 13:00:28.000 (JD=2457448.0419907)


Remarks: 1 mag decline in YSO V898 Ori

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-02-29 13:00:28.000
Flux: 16.5 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2014-10-21 13:45:07
Limiting flux: 21.5 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2016dtj