Discovery certificate for object 2016ibr
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 6721 [ 2016TNSTR.920....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-11-15 11:00:07
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 2016ibr
Discoverer internal name: Gaia16bto
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 05:22:40.690 (80.669542) DEC = -12:54:48.42 (-12.91345)
Discovery date: 2016-10-29 02:15:21.000 (JD=2457690.5939931)


Remarks: blue transient on faint source in DSS

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-10-29 02:15:21.000
Flux: 20.17 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-10-28 22:00:28
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/2016ibr