Discovery certificate for object 2016ehj
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 3807 [ 2016TNSTR.485....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-07-25 10:36:19
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 2016ehj
Discoverer internal name: Gaia16ava
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:39:26.000 (234.858333) DEC = -39:31:20.00 (-39.522222)
Discovery date: 2016-07-14 23:19:40.000 (JD=2457584.4719907)


Remarks: candidate CV, blue hostless transient (though note there is a Galaxy several arcmins away)

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-07-14 23:19:40.000
Flux: 17.68 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-03-05 18:34:33
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/2016ehj