Discovery certificate for object 2016ieg
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 6792 [ 2016TNSTR.924....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-11-16 11:45:30
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 2016ieg
Discoverer internal name: Gaia16bun
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:01:11.430 (150.297625) DEC = +19:29:43.12 (19.495311)
Discovery date: 2016-11-13 19:07:40.000 (JD=2457706.2969907)


Remarks: candidate SN in galaxy 2MASSX 10011149+1929460

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-11-13 19:07:40.000
Flux: 17.97 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-06-29 02:08:09
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/2016ieg