Discovery certificate for object 2016frw
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 4866 [ 2016TNSTR.627....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-09-04 10:19:30
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 2016frw
Discoverer internal name: Gaia16bdw
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:44:29.420 (161.122583) DEC = -59:12:27.83 (-59.207731)
Discovery date: 2016-08-26 10:22:04.000 (JD=2457626.9319907)


Remarks: slow rise then decline in YSO 2MASS J10442941-5912277 of >2 mags over 700 days

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-08-26 10:22:04.000
Flux: 19.8 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-08-04 00:14:24
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/2016frw