Discovery certificate for object 2016hwy
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 6586 [ 2016TNSTR.895....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-11-07 21:41:36
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 2016hwy
Discoverer internal name: Gaia16brq
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:18:09.560 (259.539833) DEC = +77:29:36.13 (77.493369)
Discovery date: 2016-10-29 06:15:50.000 (JD=2457690.7609954)


Remarks: candidate SN, near galaxy 2MASX J17180955+7729456

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-10-29 06:15:50.000
Flux: 18.55 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-10-02 06:20:09
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/2016hwy