Discovery certificate for object 2016gun
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 5680 [ 2016TNSTR.749....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-10-03 11:28:10
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 2016gun
Discoverer internal name: Gaia16bki
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 19:58:21.530 (299.589708) DEC = +13:33:44.68 (13.562411)
Discovery date: 2016-09-26 05:24:00.000 (JD=2457657.725)


Remarks: blue hostless transient

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-09-26 05:24:00.000
Flux: 18.94 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-06-18 20:38:24
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/2016gun