Discovery certificate for object 2016eea
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 3715 [ 2016TNSTR.481....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-07-22 11:37:17
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 2016eea
Discoverer internal name: Gaia16ask
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:05:37.000 (166.404167) DEC = +46:10:40.80 (46.178)
Discovery date: 2016-06-18 00:41:45.000 (JD=2457557.5289931)


Remarks: candidate supernova at edge of galaxy MCG+08-20-084, z=0.025

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-06-18 00:41:45.000
Flux: 17.93 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-04-05 13:59:31
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/2016eea