Discovery certificate for object 2016eaa
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 3591 [ 2016TNSTR.481....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-07-22 11:25:05
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 2016eaa
Discoverer internal name: Gaia16aob
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:43:10.600 (175.794167) DEC = -29:46:38.10 (-29.77725)
Discovery date: 2016-05-10 17:54:14.000 (JD=2457519.2459954)


Remarks: 1 mag brightening in candidate AGN 2MASX J11431053-2946384

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-05-10 17:54:14.000
Flux: 17.09 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2015-07-29 11:35:31
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/2016eaa