Discovery certificate for object 2016eia
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 3827 [ 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: SN 2016eia
Discoverer internal name: Gaia16avl
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 03:34:38.500 (53.660417) DEC = +13:34:49.90 (13.580528)
Discovery date: 2016-07-18 08:36:57.000 (JD=2457587.8589931)


Remarks: candidate supernova near galaxy 2MASX J03343824+1334541, GS-TEC predicts SN Ia

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-07-18 08:36:57.000
Flux: 17.59 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-02-29 03:24:28
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/2016eia