Discovery certificate for object 2016edb
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 3688 [ 2016TNSTR.481....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-07-22 11:36:04
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 2016edb
Discoverer internal name: Gaia16arn
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 06:03:35.000 (90.895833) DEC = -28:18:34.30 (-28.309528)
Discovery date: 2016-06-03 04:48:00.000 (JD=2457542.7)


Remarks: candidate SN in galaxy 2MASX J06033544-2818420

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-06-03 04:48:00.000
Flux: 18.27 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-03-28 12:18:43
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/2016edb