Discovery certificate for object 2016ear
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 3613 [ 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 2016ear
Discoverer internal name: Gaia16aoi
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:17:27.100 (349.362917) DEC = -00:06:20.70 (-0.10575)
Discovery date: 2016-05-12 03:17:16.000 (JD=2457520.6369907)


Remarks: candidate hostles SN Ia

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-05-12 03:17:16.000
Flux: 18.71 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2015-12-31 02:39:50
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/2016ear