Discovery certificate for object 2016jgt
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 7672 [ 2017TNSTR..13....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-01-03 22:35:27
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 2016jgt
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17aao
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:36:12.960 (159.054) DEC = +20:30:42.19 (20.511719)
Discovery date: 2016-12-16 18:33:07.000 (JD=2457739.2729977)


Remarks: candidate SN in galaxy 2MASX J10361294+2030465

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-12-16 18:33:07.000
Flux: 17.93 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-11-14 08:48:28
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/2016jgt