Discovery certificate for object 2016fiu
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 4610 [ 2016TNSTR.593....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-08-26 09:34:57
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 2016fiu
Discoverer internal name: Gaia16bci
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 22:01:52.780 (330.469917) DEC = +48:10:39.04 (48.177511)
Discovery date: 2016-08-23 01:27:50.000 (JD=2457623.5609954)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-08-23 01:27:50.000
Flux: 18.7 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-08-06 03:04:19
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/2016fiu