Discovery certificate for object 2016iao
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 6689 [ 2016TNSTR.917....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-11-14 11:57:32
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 2016iao
Discoverer internal name: Gaia16bsi
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:12:18.860 (213.078583) DEC = +57:57:35.10 (57.95975)
Discovery date: 2016-11-04 06:10:04.000 (JD=2457696.7569907)


Remarks: candidate SN rising at edge of galaxy 2MASX J14121897+5757295, GS-TEC predicts SN Ia

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-11-04 06:10:04.000
Flux: 18.93 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-09-26 02:19:40
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/2016iao