Discovery certificate for object 2016dbt
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 2908 [ 2016TNSTR.480....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-07-21 10:13:36
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 2016dbt
Discoverer internal name: Gaia16aax
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:34:18.500 (218.577083) DEC = +49:12:36.50 (49.210139)
Discovery date: 2016-01-26 15:53:16.000 (JD=2457414.1619907)


Remarks: slowly rising transient in galaxy core

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-01-26 15:53:16.000
Flux: 18.33 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2015-11-20 10:49:26
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/2016dbt