Discovery certificate for object 2016gwt
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 5750 [ 2016TNSTR.759....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-10-05 13:29:37
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 2016gwt
Discoverer internal name: Gaia16bld
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:00:49.020 (0.20425) DEC = -77:18:57.78 (-77.31605)
Discovery date: 2016-10-03 03:46:04.000 (JD=2457664.6569907)


Remarks: known dwarf nova BE Oct in outburst

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-10-03 03:46:04.000
Flux: 16.4 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2015-12-16 03:18:43
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/2016gwt