Discovery certificate for object 2016dul
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 3427 [ 2016TNSTR.481....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-07-22 11:14:35
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 2016dul
Discoverer internal name: Gaia16ahm
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 05:27:36.100 (81.900417) DEC = +20:47:46.80 (20.796333)
Discovery date: 2016-03-05 07:24:57.000 (JD=2457452.8089931)


Remarks: transient 5 arcsecs away from point source in DSS

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-03-05 07:24:57.000
Flux: 18.62 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2015-10-24 08:29:45
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/2016dul