Discovery certificate for object 2016dtm
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 3396 [ 2016TNSTR.481....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-07-22 11:13:05
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 2016dtm
Discoverer internal name: Gaia16agt
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:39:11.400 (264.7975) DEC = +07:26:11.30 (7.436472)
Discovery date: 2016-02-29 09:57:36.000 (JD=2457447.915)


Remarks: SN candidate near edge of SDSS galaxy

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-02-29 09:57:36.000
Flux: 18.99 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2015-11-01 05:45:36
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/2016dtm