Discovery certificate for object 2016gie
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 5326 [ 2016TNSTR.687....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-09-17 23:34:20
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 2016gie
Discoverer internal name: Gaia16bhv
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 04:12:31.940 (63.133083) DEC = -16:34:43.72 (-16.578811)
Discovery date: 2016-09-16 08:52:48.000 (JD=2457647.87)


Remarks: blue transient near galaxy APMUKS(BJ) B041016.06-164223.2

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-09-16 08:52:48.000
Flux: 18.63 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-08-16 22:46:33
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/2016gie