Discovery certificate for object 2016eft
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 3764 [ 2016TNSTR.481....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-07-22 11:40:20
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 2016eft
Discoverer internal name: Gaia16aup
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 12:37:13.800 (189.3075) DEC = +45:16:58.80 (45.283)
Discovery date: 2016-07-14 18:44:38.000 (JD=2457584.2809954)


Remarks: candidate SN in galaxy SDSS J123713.53+451659.4

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-07-14 18:44:38.000
Flux: 18.27 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-06-15 13:00:28
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/2016eft